Further Reading
- Berry, Wendell, “The Art of Place,” New Perspectives Quarterly 9, No. 2 (Spring 1992): 29-34. (The poet emphasizes the relationship between culture and agriculture in his work.)
- Carruth, Hayden, “Human Authenticity in the Age of Massive, Multiplying Error,” Parnassus 13, No. 2 (Spring-Summer 1986): 140-43. (Explores Berry's philosophical concerns.)
- Decker, William, “‘Practice Resurrection’: The Poesis of Wendell Berry,” NDQ 55, No. 4 (Fall 1987): 170-84. (Surveys the major themes of Berry's verse.)
- Fields, Kenneth, “The Hunter's Trail: Poems by Wendell Berry,” The Iowa Review 1, No. 1 (Winter 1970): 90-100. (Considers Berry's poetic themes limited and repetitive.)
- Lang, John, “‘Close Mystery’: Wendell Berry's Poetry of Incarnation,” Renascence XXXV, No. 4 (Summer 1983): 258-68. (Analyzes Berry's treatment of nature in his poetry.)
- Merchant, Paul, ed., Wendell Berry, Lewiston, Idaho: Confluence Press, 1991, 223 p. (Collection of critical essays.)
- Murphy, Patrick D., “Penance or Perception: Spirituality and Land in the Poetry of Gary Snyder and Wendell Berry,” in Earthly Words: Essays on Contemporary American Nature and Environmental Writers, edited by John Cooley, pp. 237-49. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1994. (Compares the poetic interests of Berry and Gary Snyder, particularly man's relationship to the land.)
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