CRITICISM

Breslin, G. “Lorine Niedecker: Composing a Life.” In Revealing Lives: Autobiography, Biography and Gender, edited by Susan Groag Bell and Marilyn Yalom. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990, 255p.

Explores the autobiographical aspects of Niedecker's writing.

Cox, Kenneth. “The Poems of Lorine Niedecker.” Cambridge Quarterly (winter 1968): 170-75.

Discusses Niedecker's descriptions of folk settings.

Davie, Donald. “Niedecker.” Parnassus 14, no. 1 (1987): 201-07.

Comments on the grammatical structure of Niedecker's poetry.

Dent, Peter. The Full Note: Lorine Niedecker. Budleigh Salerton: Interim Press, 1983, 100p.

Exploration of Niedecker's poetry, focusing on its connections to Objectivist poetics.

Knox, Janet Shaw. Lorine Niedecker: An Original Biography. Milwaukee: Dwight Foster Public Library, 1987, 48p.

Most complete examination of Niedecker's life.

Middleton, Peter. “Folk Poetry and the American Avant-Garde: Placing Lorine Niedecker.” Journal of American Studies 31, no. 2 (August 1997): 203-18.

Discusses Niedecker's role in the genre of folk poetry, and the style of language she employs within the genre.

Penberthy, Jenny. Lorine Niedecker: Woman and Poet. Orono: University of Maine, 1996, 439p.

Essays on Niedecker's career and poetics.

Additional coverage of Niedecker's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28; Contemporary Authors Permanent Series, Vol. 2; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 10, 42; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 48; and DISCovering Authors Modules, Poets.