Perspectives

In what follows, we will look at “The Osage Orange Tree” by William Stafford from a broader perspective, and link it to literary period and similar works.

Literary period

Written in 1959 and published in 2014, the short story belongs to the literary movement called Modernism.

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Works with the same theme

The theme of poverty is usually recurrent in literature, although contemporary stories tend to focus on poverty in third-world countries, and less on developed countries like the USA. For this theme, we recommend two short stories.

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