MARIANNE MOORE: FURTHER READING

Bibliographies

Abbott, Craig S. Marianne Moore: A Descriptive Bibliography, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977, 265 p.

Lists primary and secondary material on Moore through 1975.

Willis, Patricia, ed.. Marianne Moore, Woman and Poet. Orono, Maine: National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine, 1990, 636 p.

Extensive bibliography of Moore with critical essays included.

Biography

Molesworth, Charles. Marianne Moore: A Literary Life. New York: Atheneum, 1990, 472 p.

Comprehensive biography and survey of Moore's literary career.

Criticism

Berger, Charles. "Who Writes the History Book?: Moore's Revisionary Poetics." Western Humanities Review 53, no. 3 (fall 1999): 274-86.

Provides a feminist perspective on several of Moore's poems.

Bishop, Elizabeth. "As We Like It: Miss Moore and the Delight of Imitation." Quarterly Review of Literature 4, no. 2 (1948): 129-35.

Notes Moore's descriptive prowess, offers a comparison of Moore and Edgar Allan Poe, and briefly discusses the animal imagery in Moore's work.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Marianne Moore. New York: Chelsea House, 1986, 184 p.

A collection of critical essays on Moore's verse.

Brownstein, Marilyn N. "The Archaic Mother and Mother and Mother: The Postmodern Poetry of Marianne Moore." Contemporary Literature 30, no. 1 (spring 1989): 13-32.

Views Moore as "the model for the feminine postmodern."

Engel, Bernard F. Marianne Moore. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1989, 160 p.

Biographical and critical study of Moore and her works.

Gregory, Elizabeth, ed. The Critical Response to Marianne Moore. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2004, 320 p.

Presents seminal reviews and essays on Moore and her work from several prominent critics.

Hadas, Pamela White. Marianne Moore: Poet of Affection. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1977, 243 p.

Elucidates thematic and stylistic aspects of Moore's verse.

Heuving, Jeanne. Omissions Are Not Accidents: Gender in the Art of Marianne Moore. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992, 195 p.

Examines Moore's work from a feminist perspective.

Keller, Lynn. "'For Inferior Who is Free?': Liberating the Woman Writer in Marianne Moore's 'Marriage'." In Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History, edited by Jay Clayton and Eric Rothstein, pp. 219-44. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1991.

Examines Moore's poem "Marriage" and the various ways it can be interpreted by critics and readers.

Leithauser, Brad. "Digesting Hard Iron." New York Times Book Review 109, no. 1 (4 January 2004): 7.

Provides discussion of Moore's poetry in a new collection edited by her friend, Grace Shulman, commenting on the selection of poems in this volume that were cut from others, and noting the chronological rather than thematic organization of the verse.

Martin, Taffy. Marianne Moore: Subversive Modernist. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986, 151 p.

Discusses Moore as a modernist poet.

Miller, Cristanne. Marianne Moore: Question of Authority. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995, 303 p.

Critical analysis of Moore's work.

Ostriker, Alicia. "What Do Women (Poets) Want?: H. D. and Marianne Moore as Poetic Ancestresses." Contemporary Literature 27, no. 4 (winter 1986): 475-92.

Cites Moore and H. D. as inspirations for future generations of female poets and critics.

Parisi, Joseph. Marianne Moore: The Art of a Modernist. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1990, 182 p.

Collection of critical essays.

Sagetrieb: Marianne Moore Special Issue 6, no. 3 (winter 1987): 201 p.

Features essays on various aspects of Moore's work by several respected Moore scholars, including Bonnie Costello, Charles Molesworth, and Alan Nadel.

Schulman, Grace. Marianne Moore: The Poetry of Engagement. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986, 137 p.

Assesses Moore's imagery, observations, and rhythmic methods.

Stapleton, Laurence. Marianne Moore: The Poet's Advance. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1978, 282 p.

Biographical and critical study.

Steinman, Lisa M. "'So As to Be One Having Some Way of Being One Having Some Way of Working': Marianne Moore and Literary Tradition." In Gendered Modernisms: American Women Poets and Their Readers, edited by Margaret Dickie and Thomas Travisano, pp. 97-116. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.

Delineates Moore's attitude toward literary tradition and traces her development as a poet.

Tomlinson, Charles, ed. Marianne Moore: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970, 185 p.

Contains essays by many of Moore's most highly regarded critics and fellow poets, including Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Hugh Kenner, and Randall Jarrell.

Zona, Kirsten Hotelling. Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson: The Feminist Poetics of Self-Restraint. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002, 187 p.

Feminist interpretation of the poetry of Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson.

OTHER SOURCES FROM GALE:

Additional coverage of Moore's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers; Concise Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 1929-1941; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4R, 33-36R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 3, 61; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 13, 19, 47; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 45; Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series, Vol. 7; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied and Poets; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; Exploring Poetry; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Modern American Women Writers; Poetry Criticism, Vols. 4, 49; Poetry for Students, Vols. 14, 17; Poets: American and British; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; Something About the Author, Vol. 20; Twayne's United States Authors; World Literature Criticism Supplement; and World Poets.