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Research Database 3: Books, Articles,
Essays & Theses on de la Mare
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(* Does not include articles in the Walter de la Mare Society Magazine)
Theses
Books, Articles
& Essays
- J. Middleton Murry, 'The
Poetry of de la Mare,' in his Countries of the Mind,
London, 1922, pp. 127-42
- Willem van Doorn, 'Walter
de la Mare, An Appreciation,' English Studies, vol.5, no.1,
February 1923, pp.1-22
- Edward Shanks, First Essays
in Literature, London, 1923, pp.68-85
- John Freeman, English Portraits
and Essays, London, 1924, pp.87-114
- J.B. Priestley, Figures
in Modern Literature, London, 1924, pp.31-54
- R.L. Megroz, Walter de
la Mare: A Biographical and Critical Study, London, 1924
- I.A. Richards, Science
and Poetry, London, 1926, pp.70-72
- Forrest Reid, Walter de
la Mare: A Critical Study, London, 1929
- Rica Brenner, Ten Modern
Poets, New York, 1930, pp.161-72
- Charles Williams, Poetry
at Present, London, 1930, PP.83-95
- G.K. Chesterton, 'Walter
de la Mare,' Fortnightly Review, new series, vol.132, July,
1932, pp.47-53; reprinted in The Common Man, London, 1950
- F.R. Leavis, New Bearings
in English Poetry, London, 1932
- F.T. Wood, 'On the Poetry
of de la Mare', Poetry Review, vol.24, 1933
- 'A Poet of Two Worlds:
The Imagery of Mr de la Mare,' Times Literary Supplement, 1
August 1936, pp.621-2
- Edward Muir, The Present
Age from 1914, London, 1939, pp.99-101
- Frank Swinnerton, The Georgian Literary Scene, Dent, London,
1946, pp.194-197
- John Atkins, Walter de
la Mare: An Exploration, London, 1947
- Dylan Thomas, 'Walter de
la Mare,' in Gilbert Phelps (ed.), Living Writers, London 1947
- R.W. Brett (ed.), A Tribute
to Walter de la Mare on his 75th Birthday, London, 1948
- Harold Child, Essays and
Reflections, London, 1948, pp.20-29
- John Bayley, ' A Poet of
More Than Magic,' National Review, vol.133, no.801, November
1949, pp.464-70
- H.C. Duffin, Walter de
la Mare: A Study of his Poetry, London, 1949
- Horace Gregory, 'The Nocturnal
Traveller: de la Mare,' Poetry, vol.80, 1952, pp.213-32
- Kenneth Hopkins, Walter
de la Mare, no.36, Writers and their Work, British Council
and National Book League, London, 1953; rev.ed., 1957
- Vita Sackville-West, 'Walter
de la Mare and the Traveller,' Wharton Lecture on English Poetry,
7, January 1953; Proceedings of the British Academy, vol.39, 1953,
pp.23-36
- Boris Ford, 'The Rest was
Silence: de la Mare's Last Interview,' Encounter, vol.7, 1956,
pp.36-46
- Russell Brain, Tea with
Walter de la Mare, London, 1957
- N. J. Endicott, 'Walter
de la Mare 1873-1956,' University of Toronto Quarterly, vol.26,
1957, pp.109-21
- H. Peschmann, 'The Poetry
of de la Mare' English, vol.2, 1957, pp.129-33
- William Walsh, 'The Child
in the Poetry of Walter de la Mare,' in his The Use of the Imagination,
London, 1959, pp.174-82
- Leonard Clark, Walter de
la Mare, Bodley Head monograph, London, 1960
- H. Coombes, 'Hardy, de
la Mare and Edward Thomas,' in Boris Ford (ed.), The Modern Age,
vol.7, Pelican Guide to English Literature, London, 1961, pp.138-53
- John Hadfield (editor) Walter de la Mare, Vista Books, 1962
- W.H Auden, 'Walter de la
Mare:,' introduction to A Choice of de la Mare's Verse, London,
1963
- Frank Swinnerton, 'The
Rogue Poets,' in his Figures in the Foreground, London, 1963,
pp.203-6
- Doris Ross McCrosson, Walter
de la Mare, New York, 1966
- Luce Bonnerot, L'Oeuvre
de Walter de la Mare: Une Aventure Sprituelle, Paris, 1969
- John Press, 'The Poetry
Of Walter de la Mare,' Ariel, A Review of International English
Literature, vol.1, no.4, October 1970, pp.29-38
- Geoffrey Grigson, 'Walter
the Rhymer: the Poetic Style of de la Mare,' Times Literary Supplement,
12 March 1970, pp.281-2; reprinted in The Contrary View, London, 1974
- John Aldard, 'Did Walter
de la Mare Stay Out in the Cold?' Anglia, vo.90, 1972, pp.355-60
- Lord David Cecil, Walter
de la Mare, English Association Presidential Address, July
1973, London and New York
- Owen Barfield, 'Poetry
in Walter de la Mare,' Denver Quarterly, vol.8, no.3, 1973,
pp.69-81
- Richards, 'Walter de la
Mare: A Reconsideration,' New Republic, vol.174, 31 January
1976, pp.31-3
- David Perkins, A History
of Modern Poetry, vol.1, Cambridge, Mass., 1976, pp.179-91
- Julia Briggs, 'On the Edge:
Walter de la Mare' in the Night Visitors: the Rise and Fall of
the English Ghost Story, London, 1977
- Michael Kirkham, 'Walter
de la Mare,' in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale, 1983,
pp.109-30
- Theresa Whistler, Imagination
of the Heart: the Life of Walter de la Mare, London, 1993;
reprinted as The Life of Walter de la Mare, London, 2003
- E. F. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, Scribners, New
York, 1985, pp.497-503, vol.1
- John Bayley, 'No Full Stop: the Movement of William Golding's Fiction,'
in publication for British Council exhibition, William Golding 1911-1993,
British Council, 1994
- Luce Bonnerot, 'La Biographie
de Walter de la Mare: "Si la vie etait un poeme a improviser"', Etudes
anglaises, T, vol.48, no.2, 1995
- Peter Mudford, 'Walter de la Mare: Teller of Tales,' Agenda,
vol.35/4-36/1, c.1997, pp.80-5
- Walter de la Mare Society Magazine, no.1, 1998; no.2, 1999; no.3, 2000; no.4, 2001; no5, 2002; no.6, 2003;
no.7, 2003; no.8, 2004; no.9, 2006; no.10, 2007
- Anne Harvey, 'Forrest Reid and Walter de la Mare: a literary Friendship'
in Paul Goldman and Brian Taylor (eds.), Retrospective Adventures: Forrest
Reid, Author and Collector, Aldershot, 1998, pp.35-41
- Peter Scupham, 'Shelf Lives 6: Walter de la Mare,' PN Review,
July-August 1999, vol.25, no.6, pp.44-6
- Anne Bentinck, 'Romantic Imagery in the Work of de la Mare',
Edward Mellen Press, 2000
- Ian Rogerson, Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester,
vol. 83, no.2, summer 2001 (pp.1-149, entirely devoted to de la Mare and
based on the exhibition at the Library, May - June 2003)
Theses
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- Marjorie Dawson, 'The Poetry
of Walter de la Mare,' University of Liverpool, 1931
- D. Hytch, 'Walter de la
Mare: A Critical Study,' University of Birmingham, 1931
- Doris Ross McCrosson, 'The
Novels of Walter de la Mare,' University of Pennsylvania, 1959
- Charles Aubrey Wood, 'A
Critical Examination of the Poetry of Walter de la Mare, with special reference
to the poetry of 1902-13,' University of London, 1967
- Charles Aubrey Wood, 'A
Variorum Edition of Songs of Childhood,' University of London, 1971
- Corinne Whalley, 'The Prose
Works of Walter de la Mare,' University of Birmingham, 1975
- Richard Smith, 'Walter
de la Mare (1873-1956): A Critical Study,' University of Wales, 1980
- Joe Griffiths, 'The Poetry
of Walter de la Mare,' University of Liverpool, 1983
- John LeVay, 'The DelaMarean
Otherworld,' University of York, Toronto, 1984
- Ann Bentinck, 'Walter de
la Mare: A Study of his Poetry,' University of Edinburgh, 1984
- Martha Bremser, 'The Poetry
of Walter de la Mare,' University of Oxford, 1986
- Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, 'The
Burning Glass: A Developmental Study of Walter de la Mare's Poetry',
1988
- Silvia Severi, 'Walter
de la Mare: L'Immaginario e le sue Ombre: Racconti Brevi,'
University of Perugia, 1994-5
- Richard Hawking, 'Stepping Out of the Gloaming: A Reconsideration
of the Poetry of Walter de la Mare,' University College Worcester,
1999
- Leni Quarenti ?
