Further Reading
- Baker, Howard, "Jewish Themes in the Works of Irving Layton," Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 10 (spring 1978): 43-54. (Baker explicates Jewish themes within Layton's poetry, noting that Layton is against organized religion in general and "believes the most meaningful aspect of Jewish experience is the secular one.")
- Johnson, Brian D., "A Bull in the Literary China Shop," Maclean's 98, no. 43 (28 October 1995): 64. (Johnson compares Elspeth Cameron’s biography, Irving Layton: A Portrait, with Layton’s own memoir, Waiting for the Messiah.)
- Kertes, Joseph, "‘Brief Are the Days of Beauty’: The Wisdom of Irving Layton's ‘The Gucci Bag,’" Canadian Literature, no. 105 (summer 1985): 32-42. (Kertes delineates Layton's vision of the real, the imagined, and the human condition in The Gucci Bag, drawing frequent comparisons to William Butler Yeats's insights on the same phenomena.)
- Martin, Sandra, "Irving Layton: Bull, Boxer, and Poet," Quill & Quire 59, no. 7 (July 1993): 46. (Martin examines two collections of Layton’s poetry—Fornalutx and Dance with Desire—and a collection of reminiscences about the poet titled Raging Like a Fire: A Celebration of Irving Layton.)
- Newman, Peter C., "The Frightening Vision of a Leading Poet," Maclean's 103, no. 47 (19 November 1990): 45. (Newman features Layton's assessments of contemporary Canadian identity and culture as well as the state of national unity.)
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