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Earle Birney : Criticism

Earl Birney "Turvey and the Critics," Canadian-Literature. Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, Canada 1966, 30, 21-25

"Canlit between Wars: Memories, 1926-46," West-Coast-Review, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada 1980, 15:1, 3-11The Creative Writer. Toronto : Hunter Rose, 1966."Malcolm Lowry, poete inconnu," Lettres-Nouvelles, 75007 Paris, France 1963, 1962 Oct., 71-81"A.J.M.S." Canadian-Literature. Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, Canada 1963, 15, 4-6Aichinger,Peter. Earle Birney. Boston : Twayne, 1979. 180 pp.Cohen,Gerald. "Earle Birney: Beyond Canadian Regionalism" 238-56 IN Rosa-Alfred. The Old Century and the New: Essays in Honor of Charles Angoff. Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson UP, London: Associated UP. 287 pp.David, Jack. "Visual Poetry in Canada: Birney, Bissett, and bp", Studies-in-Canadian-Literature, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada 1977, 2, 252-66Watson, Wreford. "Earle Birney: Maverick or Moulder in Canadian Poetry" 207-18, IN Niven-Alastair. The Commonwealth Writer Overseas: Themes of Exile and Expatriation. Brussels : Didier, 1976. 324 pp.Nesbitt, Bruce. "Down the Long Table: A Retrospective Review". West-Coast-Review, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada 1975, 9:3, 35-39Noel-Bentley,-Peter-C.; Birney,-Earle. "Earle Birney: A Bibliography in Progress, 1923-1969". West-Coast-Review, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada 1970, 5:2, 45-53Wilson, Milton "Poet Without a Muse" Canadian-Literature, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, Canada 1966, 30, 14-20Smith, A.J.M. "A Unified Personality: Birney's Poems," Canadian Literature. Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, Canada 1966, 30, 4-13Colombo, J.R. "Poetry and Legend," Canadian-Literature. Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, Canada 1963, 16, 61-63Noonan, Gerald. "Earle Birney (1904-1995)", Malcolm-Lowry-Review, 3C5, Canada (MLNew). 1997 Spring, 40, 28-33.Bok, Christian. "The Secular Opiate: Marxism as an Ersatz Religion in Three Canadian Texts," Canadian Literature, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CanL). 1995 Winter, 147, 11-22Hastings, Tom. "Earle Birney's 'Equivocal Dance': The Cultural Politics of 'The Bear on the Delhi Road'", 70-80 IN New W.H. (ed.). Inside the Poem: Essays and Poems in Honour of Donald Stephens. Toronto : Oxford UP, 1992.Earle Birney's 'David' and the Song of Roland: A Source Study Cameron,-Elspeth 60-69 IN New-W.-H. (ed.). Inside the Poem: Essays and Poems in Honour of Donald Stephens. Toronto : Oxford UP, 1992. xv, 304 pp. 95025154Sites Taken as Signs: Place, the Open Text, and Enigma in New Vancouver Writing Derksen,-Jeff 144-61 IN Delany-Paul (ed.). Vancouver: Representing the Postmodern City. Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp, 1994. 296 pp. 94071722'Plain Sense' and 'Poetic Significance': Tenth-Grade Readers Reading Two Poems Harker,-John-W. Poetics:-Journal-for-Empirical-Research-on-Literature,-the-Media-and-the-Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands (PoeticsJ). 1994 Apr, 22:3, 199-218 94071011Earle Birney: A Life Cameron,-Elspeth New York : Viking, 1994. xvii, 685 pp. 94061413Birney, Earle (1904- ) Aichinger,-Peter 99-102 IN Lecker-Robert (ed.); David-Jack (ed.); Quigley-Ellen (ed.). ECW's Biographical Guide to Canadian Poets. Toronto : ECW, 1993. 282 pp. 93067295Breaking the Chain: Anti-Saussurean Resistance in Birney, Carey and C. S. Peirce Adam,-Ian 79-93 IN Adam-Ian (ed.); Tiffin-Helen (ed). Past the Last Post: Theorizing Post-Colonialism and Post-Modernism. Calgary : U of Calgary P, 1990. xvi, 214 pp. 92027041Earle Birney: La Tournee en vers du monde Jones,-D.-G.; Godbout,-Patricia (tr.) Ellipse:-Oeuvres-en-Traduction-Writers-in-Translation 1991, 45, 9-20From the Hazel Bough of Yeats: Birney's Masterpiece Latham,-David Canadian-Poetry:-Studies,-Documents,-Reviews, London, ON, Canada (CanPo). 1987 Fall-Winter, 21, 52-58Breaking the Chain: Anti-Saussurean Resistance in Birney, Carey and C. S. Peirce Adam,-Ian World-Literature-Written-in-English, Singapore (WLWE). 1989 Autumn, 29:2, 11-22Birney and Purdy: An Intertextual Instance Early,-L.-R. Canadian-Poetry:-Studies,-Documents,-Reviews, London, ON, Canada (CanPo). 1988 Fall-Winter, 23, 1-13Earle Birney's 'Translations' of Attila Jozsef: The Idea of the Midwife-Translator Kadar,-Marlene Hungarian-Studies-Review, Toronto, ON, Canada (HSR). 1988 Fall, 15:2, 3-11Marginality and the Tradition: Earle Birney and Wilson Harris Adam,-Ian The Journal-of-Commonwealth-Literature, East Sussex, England (JCL). 1989, 24:1, 88-102Old English Influences in Earle Birney's 'Anglosaxon Street' and 'Mappemounde' Jakes,-Lynn-E. Journal-of-Canadian-Poetry, Nepean, ON, Canada (JCP). 1979 Winter, 2:1, 6775Essays on Chaucerian Irony Birney,-Earle; Rowland,-Beryl (ed.) Toronto : U of Toronto P, 1985. xxx, 162 pp.Earle Birney Aichinger,-Peter 27-71 IN Woodcock-George (introd.); Lecker-Robert (ed.); David-Jack (ed.); Quigley-Ellen (ed.). Canadian Writers and Their Works. Toronto : ECW Press, 1985. 329 pp.Earle Birney's Poetry; Papers Delivered at Seminar, Post-Graduate Dept. of Eng. & the Centre for Commonwealth Lit. & Research, 21-25 Sept. 1981 Crossley-Holland,-Kevin 63-69 IN Gowda-H.-H.-Anniah (ed.). The Colonial and the Neo-Colonial Encounters in Commonwealth Literature. Mysore : Prasaragana Univ., 1983. viii, 243 pp.Politics and Poetry: An Interview with Earle Birney Edwards,-Peter Queen's-Quarterly, Kingston, ON, Canada (QQ). 1983 Spring, 90:1, 122-131Birney's Bear Kearns,-Lionel Canadian-Literature, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CanL). 1983 Summer, 97, 172-175Earle Birney: An Annotated Bibliography Noel-Bentley,-Peter 13-128 IN Lecker-Robert (ed.); David-Jack (ed.). The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors, IV. Downsview : ECW, 1983. 370 pp.Meeting George Lamming in Jamaica Birney,-Earle Canadian-Literature, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CanL). 1982 Winter, 95, 16-28The Wanderer: Notes on Earle Birney Woodcock,-George Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 85-103Child Addict in Alberta Birney,-Earle Canadian-Literature, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CanL). 1981 Autumn, 90, 6-12Purging the Fearful Ghosts of Separateness: A Study of Earle Birney's Revisions Steven,-Laurence Canadian-Poetry:-Studies,-Documents,-Reviews, London, ON, Canada (CanPo). 1981 Fall-Winter, 9, 1-15The Political Prose of Earle Birney: Trotsky and the 1930s. Nesbitt,-Bruce. Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 174-183Irony and Affirmation in the Poetry of Earle Birney. McLeod, Les. Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 130-157Earle Birney's Concrete Poetry. Zenchuk, J.B. Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 104-129Earle Birney's Radio Dramas Fink,-Howard Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 53-72A Developing Tradition Djwa,-Sandra Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 32-52Struggle against the Old Guard: Editing the Canadian Poetry Magazine Birney,-Earle Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 9-31Earle Birney Issue David,-Jack (ed.); Lecker,-Robert (ed.) Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21Earle Birney and Chaucer Rowland,-Beryl Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 73-84Gleewords and Old Discretions: Birney's Benefictions MacKendrick,-Louis-K. Essays-on-Canadian-Writing, Toronto, ON, Canada (ECW). 1981 Spring, 21, 158-173A Visit with Earle Birney Jewinski,-Ed; Tiessen,-Paul The Malcolm-Lowry-Review, Waterloo, ON, Canada (MLNew). 1981 Spring, 8, 10-11Perspectives on Earle Birney. Canadian perspectives; 3. Downsview, Ont.: ECW Press, 1981.Earle Birney: speech given at the 1984 Day of Concern rally sponsored by BC's universities. Vancouver Sun, Oct 21, 1985 pg A5.Earle Birney's vision sharpens with years [Adachi]. Toronto Star, Jan 28, 1985 pg D2.Collaboration gives Birney a new dimension. Halifax Chronicle Herald, Jan 31, 1983 pg 1E.TV portraits of Hugh MacLennan and Earle Birney capture writer's candor. Toronto Star, Jan 18, 1983 pg E5.Earle Birney: The mellowing of a radical. Toronto Star, May 15, 1982 pg F12.The influence of the Scottish long poem on Earle Birney's David. Cameron-Elspeth. British Journal of Canadian Studies, v.7(1) 1992 pg 59-73.Birney, Earle. Spreading Time: Remarks On Canadian Writing And Canadian Writers, 1904-1949 // Review. Birney-Earle; Lynes-Jeanette-REVIEWER. merican Review of Canadian Studies, v.22(1) Spring, 1992 pg 133-135.Birney, Earle. Spreading Time: Remarks On Canadian Writing And Writers, 1904-1949 // Review AU Author: Birney-Earle; Manderson-Jill-REVIEWER SO Source: Atlantic Provinces Book Review, v.18(2) June, 1991 pg 9.Birney, Earle. Words On Waves: Selected Radio Plays Of Earle Birney // Review AU Author: Birney-Earle; Goodwin-Jill-T-REVIEWER. Theatre History in Canada, v.9(2) Fall 1988 pg 197-203.The politics of influence: Birney, Scott, Livesay and the Influence Of Politics. McDonald, Larry. Dalhousie Review, v.67(4) Winter 1987/ 1988 pg 425-435.Earle Birney: a fine poet - Al Purdy (Letter). Purdy, Al. Globe & Mail Metro Edition, October 15, 1994 pg D7.Earle Birney, 1904-1995. Higgins, Iain. Canadian Literature, (149) Summer, 1996 pg 197-199.In the guts of the living: Earle Birney's words. Noonan, Gerald. Literary Review of Canada, v.5(5) May, 1996 pg 23.Earle Birney Condensed version of eulogy by Al Purdy. Quill & Quire, v.61(10) October, 1995 pg 21.Earle Birney, 1903-1995. Canadian Forum, v.74(843) October, 1995 pg 8.Rockies shaped Earle Birney's life and work - Brennan. Calgary Herald, September 27, 1995 pg B2."Canada's first magnificent poet": Earle Birney, the West's Trotskyite troubadour, dies at 91. Western Report, v.10(35) September 18, 1995 [10(34)] pg 36.Earle Birney remembered for poetry, rich life (Obituary). Toronto Star, September 10, 1995 pg A7.Birney loved life too much to court only Muse (Obituary). Toronto Star, September 9, 1995 pg L4.Earle Birney helped Canadian literature mature (Obituary). Montreal Gazette, September 7, 1995 pg D14.Birney worked creatively to establish Canadian literature. Vancouver Sun, September 6, 1995 pg C6,C8.Prolific poet Birney dead at 91. Vancouver Sun, September 5, 1995 pg C9.Canadian poet Birney dead at 91. Winnipeg Free Press, September 5, 1995 pg A9.Poet Earle Birney dead at 91. Calgary Herald, September 5, 1995 pg D6.Poet and writer Earle Birney penned "David" and "Turvey" (Obituary). Toronto Star, September 4, 1995 pg A10.Poet's "David" revolutionized view of Canadian poetry (Obituary). Globe & Mail Metro Edition, September 4, 1995 pg C4.