Mina Loy (1882-1966)
A selective list of literary criticism for the internationalist modernist poet Mina Loy, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Sites
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literary criticism
Ayers, David. "The Waste Land, Nancy Cunard, and Mina Loy," in Modernism: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Publishing 2004). Preview at Google Books.
Bronstein, Hilda. "'Intermittent-Unfinishing': Mina Loy and the elusive text as resistance." Conference paper from "Mina Loy: A Symposium," U of London, 3/11/2000.
Burke, Carolyn. Author Carolyn Burke discusses her biography of Mina Loy, Becoming Modern. Interview in Jacket Magazine.
Burke, Carolyn. Web site for Carolyn Burke's Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy with reviews.
Conover, Roger L., ed. A review of Conover's Mina Loy, "The Lost Lunar Baedeker." (Farrar Straus Giroux 1996). Reviewed by Keith Tuma in Notre Dame Review, 1996.
Goody, Alex. "Gender, Authority and the Speaking Subject, or: Who is Mina Loy?" Conference paper from "Mina Loy: A Symposium," U of London, 3/11/2000.
Nicholls, Peter. "'Arid clarity': Ezra Pound, Mina Loy, and Jules Laforgue." Conference paper from "Mina Loy: A Symposium," U of London, 3/11/2000.
Perloff, Marjorie. "English as a 'Second' Language: Mina Loy's 'Anglo-Mongrels and the Rose.'" Mina Loy: Woman and Poet, ed. Keith Tuma and Maeera Schreiber.
Quartermain, Peter. On "Love Songs" / "Songs to Joannes." Also, excerpts from other major critical discussions of the Love Songs, at Modern American Poetry, U of Illinois.
Sheffield, Rob. "Mina Loy in Too Much Too Soon: poetry / celebrity / sexuality / modernity." "In the summer of 1915, Mina Loy was the most scandalous poet in America." Literary Review, Summer 2003.
An introduction to Mina Loy, plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site, U of Illinois.
About the Mina Loy papers at Yale from the Yale Beinecke Library.
A very brief introduction to Mina Loy from the Academy of American Poets.
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