Bissett, Bill | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Criticism
Davey, Frank. Review of NOBODY OWNS TH EARTH. The Canadian Forum LII, Nos. 618-19 (July-August 1972): 44-5.
Asserts that this collection establishes Bissett as "specifically a religious poet," and notes Romantic, transcendentalist tendencies in certain poems.
Hopkins, Thomas. "Tempest in the West." Maclean's 91, No. 24 (23 October 1978): 66.
Covers the Canada Council scandal that thrust Bissett into the public eye.
McCaffery, Steve. "Bill Bissett: A Writing Outside Writing." Open Letter III (Fall 1978): 7-23.
Draws on the work of such theorists as Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, and Julia Kristeva in discussing Bissett's poetic style.
McCarthy, Dermot. "Shit from Musturd." Essays on Canadian Writing, No. 6 (Spring 1977): 86-9.
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