A selective bibliography of open access articles on Theodore Roethke, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages
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Excerpts from important critics on Theodore Roethke. Includes sections: Roethke's Life and Career; A Roethke Chronology; On "Cuttings" and "Cuttings (Later)"; On "Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schwartz"; On "The Flight" (from "The Lost Son"); On "The Lost Son"; On "I Knew a Woman"; On "North American Sequence"; An Essay on "North American Sequence" by Cary Nelson; "Regions of the Self: Theodore Roethke's North American Sequence"--An Essay by Frank J. Kearful. From the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
Barillas, William. The Midwestern Pastoral: Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland. (Ohio Univ. Press) Offers "fresh readings of Willa Cather, Aldo Leopold, Theodore Roethke, James Wright, Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser, and other writers." Publisher's blurb. Also, a review. In Foreward, Oct/Nov 2006
Blessing, Richard Allen. A review of Theodore Roethke's Dynamic Vision. First page of article only. Review author Paul Mariani. Contemporary Literature, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Winter, 1976), pp. 138-141
Bogen, Don. "From Open House to the Greenhouse: Theodore Roethke's Poetic Breakthrough." First page of article only. ELH, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Summer, 1980), pp. 399-418
Hirsch, David H. Reviews of two scholarly books on Theodore Roethke: The Echoing Wood of Theodore Roethke by Jenijoy La Belle; and Theodore Roethke: The Garden Master by Rosemary Sullivan. First page of article only. Contemporary Literature, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Spring, 1978), pp. 243-248
Hirsch, Edward, ed. A review of Theodore Roethke, edited by Edward Hirsch (The Library of America). Reviewed By Vincent D. Balitas in the Washington Times, 2005
Mazzaro, Jerome. Two scholarly books on Theodore Roethke reviewed: Theodore Roethke: An American Romantic. by Jay Parini; and The Universal Drum: Dance Imagery in the Poetry of Eliot, Crane, Roethke, and Williams. by Audrey T. Rodgers. First page of article only. American Literature, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Nov., 1980), pp. 502-504
Mckenna, John J. Roethke's Revisions and the Tone of "My Papa's Waltz." ANQ, Spring 1998
Reuben, Paul R. Primary and secondary bibliography for Theodore Roethke from Dr. Reuben's bibliography web site
Brief biography of Theodore Roethke from PBS
Stout, Janis. Issues and questions for teachers and readers of Roethke's poetry, from Heath guides
A meditation on Theodore Roethke's "The Waking" - very brief article, in Christian Century, May 17, 2003
A remembrance of the poet Theodore Roethke by one of his former students, James Knisely, at historylink.org
Article about Roethke's achievement, by Linda Robinson Walker in Michigan Today (Univ. of Michigan) Summer 2001
Theodore Roethke's "My Papa’s Waltz": A Reader’s Response, from Bedford St. Martin's
A very brief introduction to Theodore Roethke from the Academy of American Poets
A succinct summary of modern American poetry discusses Roethke's importance, from the Academy of American Poets
In the image of Roethke, by Janet I. Martineau. On the purchase of the Roethke homesteads by the Friends of the Theodore Roethke Foundation, a group that is planning to turn the two houses into a museum and cultural center honoring the poet. The houses fronted 22 acres containing the Roethke floral company greenhouses run by Roethke's father and uncle. In The Saginaw (Michigan) News, December 19, 1998. (removed from http://www.oeming.com/RoethkeResidences/SaginawNewsArticle.htm)
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