Collins, William | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Ainsworth, Edward Gay. Poor Collins: His Life, His Art, and His Influence. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1937, 340 p.
Comprehensive, general study of Collins's life, aesthetics, verse, influences, and literary reputation.
Carver, P. L. The Life of a Poet: A Biography of William Collins. New York: Horizon Press, 1967, 210 p.
Study of Collins's life which examines and draws extrapolations from the scarce primary material on the poet.
Criticism
Barry, Kevin. "William Collins." In Language, Music and the Sign: A Study in Aesthetics, Poetics and Poetic Practice from Collins to Coleridge, pp. 27-55. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Examines the interaction between poetry and music in Collins's poetry, focusing on the "Ode to Evening" as "a decisive instance of the use of...
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