Bogan, Louise | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Bibliography

Knox, Claire E. Louise Bogan: A Reference Source. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press Inc., 1990, 315 p.

Annotated guide to works by and about Bogan.

Biography

Frank, Elizabeth. Louise Bogan: A Portrait. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985, 460 p.

Reconstructs the events of Bogan's life while admitting the hurdle posed by the author's privacy; according to Frank, Bogan was "a woman whose passion for reticence bordered on obsession."

Criticism

Bowles, Gloria. Louise Bogan's Aesthetic of Limitation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987, 156 p.

Avers that Bogan is a major modernist poet and assesses the limits that she placed upon herself in order to work within the tradition established by male poets.

——. "Louise Bogan: To Be (or Not to Be?) Woman Poet." Women's...

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