Denise Levertov
Bibliography
PRIMARY SOURCES
Poetry
- The Double Image, Cresset (Philadelphia, PA), 1946, reprinted Brooding Heron Press (Waldron Island, WA), 1991.
- Here and Now, City Lights (San Francisco, CA), 1957.
- 5 Poems, White Rabbit Press (San Francisco, CA), 1958.
- Overland to the Islands, J. Williams (Highlands, NC), 1958.
- With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1959.
- The Jacob's Ladder, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1961.
- O Taste and SEE: New Poems, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1964.
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- City Psalm, Oyez (Kensington, CA), 1964.
- Psalm concerning the Castle, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1966.
- The Sorrow Dance, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1967.
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- (With Kenneth Rexroth and William Carlos Williams) Penguin Modern Poets 9, Penguin (London, England), 1967.
- A Tree Telling of Orpheus, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1968.
- A Marigold from North Vietnam, Albondocani Press-Ampersand (Everett, WA), 1968.
- Three Poems, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1968.
- The Cold Spring and Other Poems, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1969.
- Embroideries, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 1969.
- Relearning the Alphabet, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1970.
- Summer Poems 1969, Oyez (Kensington, CA), 1970.
- A New Year's Garland for My Students, MIT 1969-1970, Perishable Press (Mount Horeb, WI), 1970.
- To Stay Alive, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1971.
- Footprints, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1972.
- The Freeing of the Dust, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1975.
- Chekhov on the West Heath, Woolmer/Brotherston (Revere, PA), 1977.
- Modulations for Solo Voice, Five Trees Press (San Francisco, CA), 1977.
- Life in the Forest, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1978.
- Collected Earlier Poems, 1940-1960, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1979.
- Pig Dreams: Scenes from the Life of Sylvia, Countryman Press (Woodstock, VT), 1981.
- Wanderer's Daysong, Copper Canyon Press (Port Townsend, WA), 1981.
- Candles in Babylon, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1982.
- Poems, 1960-1967, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1983.
- Two Poems, William B. Ewert (Concord, NH), 1983.
- Oblique Prayers: New Poems with Fourteen Translations from Jean Joubert, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1984.
- El Salvador: Requiem and Invocation, William B. Ewert (Concord, NH), 1984.
- The Menaced World, William B. Ewert (Concord, NH), 1984.
- Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books (Newcastle upon Tyne, England), 1986.
- Breathing the Water, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1987.
- Poems, 1968-1972, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1987.
- (With Peter Brown) Seasons of Light, Rice University Press (Houston, TX), 1988.
- A Door in the Hive, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1989.
- Evening Train, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1992.
- Sands of the Well, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1996.
- Batterers, Janus Press (West Burke, VT), 1996.
- The Life around Us: Selected Poems on Nature, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1997.
- The Stream and the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1997.
- This Great Unknowing: Last Poems, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1999.
- Poems: 1972-1982, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 2001.
Miscellaneous
- (Editor) Out of the War Shadow: An Anthology of Current Poetry, War Resisters League, 1967.
- The Poet in the World (essays), New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1973.
- Light up the Cave (essays), New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1981.
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- New & Selected Essays, New Directions (New York, NY), 1992.
- Tesserae: Memories and Suppositions (autobiographical essays), New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1995.
- Conversations with Denise Levertov, edited by Jewel Spears Brooker, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 1998.
- The Letters of Denise Levertov and William Carlos Williams, edited by Christopher MacGowan, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1998.
SECONDARY SOURCES
- Breslin, James E. B., From Modern to Contemporary: American Poetry, 1945-1965, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1984, pp. 143-155.
- Brooker, Jewel Spears, Conversations with Denise Levertov, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 1998.
- Capps, Donald, The Poet's Gift: Toward the Renewal of Pastoral Care, Westminister/John Knox (Louisville, KY), 1993.
- Gelpi, Albert, editor, Denise Levertov: Selected Criticism, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1993.
- Gould, Jean, Modern American Women Poets, Dodd (New York, NY), 1985.
- Hungerford, Edward, editor, Poets in Progress, second edition, Northwestern University Press (Evanston, IL), 1967.
- Kinnahan, Linda A., Poetics of the Feminine: Authority and Literary Tradition in William Carlos Williams, Mina Loy, Denise Levertov, and Kathleen Fraser, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 1994.
- Marten, Harry, Understanding Denise Levertov, University of South Carolina Press (Columbia, SC), 1988.
- Mersmann, James, Out of the Vietnam Vortex: A Study of Poets and Poetry against the War, University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), 1974.
- Middleton, Peter, Revelation and Revolution in the Poetry of Denise Levertov, Binnacle Press (London, England), 1981.
- Rexroth, Kenneth, Assays, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1961.
- Rexroth, Kenneth, With Eye and Ear, Herder & Herder (Lanham, MD), 1970.
- Rodgers, Audrey T., Denise Levertov: The Poetry of Engagement, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Rutherford, NJ), 1993.
- Sakelliou-Schultz, Liana, Denise Levertov: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1988.
- Slaughter, William, The Imagination's Tongue: Denise Levertov's Poetic, Aquila, 1981.
- Wagner, Linda W., Denise Levertov, Twayne (New Haven, CT), 1967.
- Wagner, Linda W., editor, Denise Levertov: In Her Own Province, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1979.
- Wagner-Martin, Linda W., editor, Critical Essays on Denise Levertov, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1990.
- Wilson, Robert A., A Bibliography of Denise Levertov, Phoenix Book Shop (New York, NY), 1972.
- Breslin, James E. B., From Modern to Contemporary: American Poetry, 1945-1965, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1984, pp. 143-155.
- Brooker, Jewel Spears, Conversations with Denise Levertov, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 1998.
- Capps, Donald, The Poet's Gift: Toward the Renewal of Pastoral Care, Westminister/John Knox (Louisville, KY), 1993.
- Gelpi, Albert, editor, Denise Levertov: Selected Criticism, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1993.
- Gould, Jean, Modern American Women Poets, Dodd (New York, NY), 1985.
- Hungerford, Edward, editor, Poets in Progress, second edition, Northwestern University Press (Evanston, IL), 1967.
- Kinnahan, Linda A., Poetics of the Feminine: Authority and Literary Tradition in William Carlos Williams, Mina Loy, Denise Levertov, and Kathleen Fraser, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 1994.
- Marten, Harry, Understanding Denise Levertov, University of South Carolina Press (Columbia, SC), 1988.
- Mersmann, James, Out of the Vietnam Vortex: A Study of Poets and Poetry against the War, University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), 1974.
- Middleton, Peter, Revelation and Revolution in the Poetry of Denise Levertov, Binnacle Press (London, England), 1981.
- Rexroth, Kenneth, Assays, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1961.
- Rexroth, Kenneth, With Eye and Ear, Herder & Herder (Lanham, MD), 1970.
- Rodgers, Audrey T., Denise Levertov: The Poetry of Engagement, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Rutherford, NJ), 1993.
- Sakelliou-Schultz, Liana, Denise Levertov: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1988.
- Slaughter, William, The Imagination's Tongue: Denise Levertov's Poetic, Aquila, 1981.
- Wagner, Linda W., Denise Levertov, Twayne (New Haven, CT), 1967.
- Wagner, Linda W., editor, Denise Levertov: In Her Own Province, New Directions Press (New York, NY), 1979.
- Wagner-Martin, Linda W., editor, Critical Essays on Denise Levertov, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1990.
- Wilson, Robert A., A Bibliography of Denise Levertov, Phoenix Book Shop (New York, NY), 1972.