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Chase, C. B. (1928, October 21). Mrs. Woolf Explores the “Time” Element in Human Relationships. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/06/08/reviews/woolf-orlando.html
This article is the original New York Times book review of Orlando, dated 1928. It represents a contemporaneous reaction to the various challenges to gender that Woolf poses in the novel, a section that is lacking in the current article. Chase largely does not dwell on these aspects, instead interrogating other themes of the work, but does mention them in passing. His lack of reaction is, in many ways, as telling as a reaction would have been. This piece can help fill a gap in the Wikipedia article on "Orlando" by providing contemporary criticism. It meets Wikipedia's standards for a reliable source because it is a secondary source, published in an established news outlet.
Coffman, C. (2010). Woolf’s “Orlando” and the Resonances of Trans Studies. Genders, (51), 1–1.
This article is a research paper from the University of Alaska, describing the effect of Orlando on trans studies. It contains a history of the work's influence on LGBT studies, which is a section that needs to be elaborated on in the Orlando article. Coffman's work in the introduction to this article tracks this influence, allowing this work to either be used as a direct reference or a source for future references. This piece will need to be carefully handled in order to serve as a reliable source for Wikipedia. Much of the article, including the parts I am looking at, is research detailing Orlando's history. However, there is also original analysis, which must be stringently avoided. This article is both a primary and secondary source in that way, but only the secondary sections can be used as reliable sources for Wikipedia.
Meese, E., & Vicinus, M. (1996). Chapter 5: When Virginia Looked at Vita, What Did She See; or, Lesbian: Feminist: Woman--What’s the Differ(e/a)nce? In Lesbian Subjects: A Feminist Studies Reader (pp. 85–101).
This article is a chapter from a book on lesbian subjects, focusing on the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. This relationship was the source of much inspiration for Orlando, as noted in the article, but this claim is not yet supported by evidence. Meese details and analyzes the letters exchanged between the pair, and explains how the relationship informs the novel. The source is secondary, well-respected and used in university classes. It is therefore a reliable source for Wikipedia, with similar, although less concerning, caveats regarding research sources.