Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
A selective list of online literary criticism for poet Randall Jarrell, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites
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Literary criticism
Burt, Stephen. Publisher's blurb for Randall Jarrell and His Age. Columbia UP, 2003 (removed).
Hart, Jeffrey. A review of Randall Jarrell: a Literary Life by William Pritchard. National Review, 17 Sept 1990. Says Hart, "This book sets itself a sporting task: to revise upward the current view of Randall Jarrell's poetry."
Khalip, Jacques. A review of Randall Jarrell and His Age by Stephen Burt. Boston Review, Oct./Nov. 2003
Meyers, Jeffrey. A review of The Middle Generation: The Lives and Poetry of Delmore Schwartz, Randall Jarrell, John Berryman, and Robert Lowell by Bruce Bawer. Says Meyers, "Bawer's uneven first book, a literary study based on a dissertation and apparently completed in 1983, is less lively and sophisticated than his recent reviews in The New Criterion." National Review, 27 March 1987
Williamson, Alan. Jarrell, the mother, the marchen. Twentieth Century Literature (Fall 1994)
"Randall Jarrell." Poetry Foundation. Ed. Catherine Halley. Good, encyclopedia-type introduction to Jarrell, his biography, themes, and techniques, with samples of his poems.
"Randall Jarrell." Modern American Poetry. Eds. Edward Brunner and Cary Nelson. About Randall Jarrell, by William Pritchard, Excerpts from Jarrell's Letters Describing Army Life, Jarrell on Marianne Moore's Anti-War Poem, on Jarrell’s War Poetry, on "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," on "2nd Air Force," on "Protocols," on "Losses," on "Front," About The Holocaust, About World War II
New York Times feature page on Randall Jarrell, which includes many Times reviews of his writing and articles on Jarrell.
"Life Studies." Academy of American Poets. A brief summary of modern American poetry, mentions Randall Jarrell's importance
Web sites
"The Randall Jarrell Collection at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro." Illustrated timeline for Jarrell's life, bibliography, collection overview. (Jarrell taught for many years at UNCG).
"Randall Jarrell." Ed. Richard Flynn. A links page (many dead). Last updated 4 March 2004.
Removed articles
Birkerts, Sven. A brief discussion of Randall Jarrell's career and work, in a review of a new audiobook release. The Atlantic, 2001 (removed)
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