Notes on my Enumerative Bib.

 Typically, I've found my research taking me four essential  directions: First, studies of AKM and of Warren’s work in general; Second, studies in Masculinity, Gender, and Feminism; Third, Southern Studies and Southern Masculinity; Fourth, Noir and Narrative Theory.  All lot of the Warren and AKM sources are dated (typically in the 60’s and 70’s, with nothing more recent than 2007), but incredibly beneficial in grounding and contrasting my analysis from established approaches.  In terms of Masculinity, I found it beneficial to lump Southern Studies and Southern Masculinity together in that the frame of “Southerness” often adheres to representations in literature, as the broader topics of Masculinity, Gender, and Feminism, seem more rooted in National Identity, Anthropology, Politics, and Gender Studies.  The other three categories of this enumerative bibliography are typically more contemporary than that of the first in that most of the scholarship listed here comes from the 90’s to as recent as 2010.  Since the topics are combined for my project, it seemed only natural to combine Noir studies and Narrative Theory into one category since it will be the combined application of certain Noir tropes and their inherent Narrative approaches in which I will attempt to entrench Jack Burden’s first person narration in an inherently Reflective Masochistic state.