A selective list of online literary criticism for poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, 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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Carpenter, Margot. Woman's Dissatisfaction: When Is It Right and Wrong? With a Study of Edna St. Vincent Millay. A "true believer" in Aesthetic Realism uses Edna St. Vincent Millay as a starting point to discuss personal issues.
Epstein, Daniel Mark. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed: The Loves and Love Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay Review of Epstein's book by Jeffrey Hart in National Review, Nov 5, 2001 .
Fairley, Irene R. Edna St. Vincent Millay's gendered language and form: "Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree" in Style, Spring, 1995
Finch, Annie The Poetess in America A poet writes about the "poetess" tradition and such female poets as Elinor Wylie, Sara Teasdale, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Louise Bogan. In Able Muse, winter 2002
Kennedy, X. J. A discussion of Millay's career in a review of two biographies What My Lips Have Kissed: The Loves and Love Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Daniel Mark Epstein; and Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Nancy Milford, "Edna St. Vincent Millay's Doubly Burning Candles" in The New Criterion Online Vol. 20, No. 1, September 2001.
Martinson, Jill Resources for Edna St. Vincent Millay at this web site created by a Kansas State Univ. teacher include teaching notes on "Sonnet xxxi" which begins "Oh, oh you will be sorry for that word!" and a primary and secondary bibliography.
Miller, Laura "The Siren" A light-reading introduction to Millay from Salon.com. "She bedded countless men (and women) and became the most celebrated woman of her day." Sept. 2001.
Newcomb, John Timberman The woman as political poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay and the mid-century canon "The unfavorable criticism that has been heaped on Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry in the mid-20th century even after her death shows the influence of critics who belittled social discourse." In Criticism, Spring, 1995
Patton, John An introduction to Millay and teacher's guide from Heath, includes brief summary of Millay's themes, style and historical context, questions for discussion, and a secondary bibliography.
Woodard, Deborah "Masquerading : Edna St. Vincent Millay and Nancy Boyd," Brief article on the feminine-poetess image of Millay, in HOW(ever), Vol. 5, No. 4 (October, 1989)
An introduction to Edna St. Vincent Millay plus brief excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois).
An introduction to Millay from W.W. Norton's LitWeb
A small web site from the Friends of Edna St. Vincent Millay with information about the Steepletop Festival to be held Sept. 17 and 18, 2005 at the poet's 700 acre farm in Columbia County, NY
An introduction to Edna St. Vincent Millay from the Academy of American Poets.
An introduction to five American women poets Gertrude Stein, H.D., Edna St. Vincent Millay, Louise Bogan, and Muriel Rukeyser, from Random House.
A secondary bibliography for Edna St. Vincent Millay with brief annotations of 295 critical and biographical studies of Millay. 1996, by Judith Nierman and John J. Patton, from the Univ. of Maryland's Women's Studies Database. Also Introduction to the bibliography
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