Allen, Dennis W. "Horror and Perverse Delight: Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'." Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 1984, pp. 685-96.

A fine overview of the story, featuring an in-depth psychological analysis of the character of Emily.

Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography, New York: Random House, 1974.

This exhaustive study written by one of Faulkner's colleagues at the University of Virginia is considered by most critics to be the definitive Faulkner biography. Jacobs, John T. "Ironic Allusions in A Rose for Emily'." Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1982, pp. 77-79. Jacobs provides a critical analysis of the role that the character of Homer Barron plays in the story.

Wilson, G.R., Jr. "The Chronology of Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' Again." Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall, 1972, pp. 43-62.

Wilson devises a seemingly logical time-line for the story.

Winchell, Mark Royden. "For All the Heart's Endeavor: Romantic...