The Fine White Mist of Winter

"The Fine White Mist of Winter"
Short story by Joyce Carol Oates
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publication
Published inLiterary Review
Publication date1962

“The Fine White Mist of Winter” is a work of short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates, originally published in the Literary Review in 1962 . The story was first collected in By the North Gate (1963) by Vanguard Press.[1] The story was selected for publication in the 1963 anthology The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Award.[2]

The story is set, as are others in By the North Gate, in Oates’s fictional “Eden County,” similar to the rural upstate New York community where she was raised.[3]

  1. ^ Johnson, 1994 p. 4, p. 218-221: Selected Bibliography, Primary Works
  2. ^ Johnson, 1994 p. 4: Her success “inaugurating Oates’ unprecedented string of prizes over the next three decades.”
  3. ^ Johnson, 1994 p. 13: “...recalling the vanished world of her childhood…” And p. 15: “....mythologizes the rural area in upstate New York where Oates grew up.”