Ivor Winters (1900-1968)

A selective list of online literary criticism for the American poet, teacher, and literary criticYvor Winters, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars and articles published in peer-reviewed sources

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introduction

"Yvor Winters." A short biography and brief excerpts of critical discussions on "Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight." Modern American Poetry (U of Illinois). Ed. Edward Brunner.

"Yvor Winters." A short introduction to Yvor Winters. Poetry Foundation.

"Yvor Winters." A very brief introduction to Winters. Academy of American Poets.

Ellman, Richard. "In Training with Live Ammo: A former student recounts the casualties and survivors of a Winters poetry workshop." Richard Ellman writes about studying with Winters at Stanford in the 1950s. "When he was calm, Winters could resemble a large lovable old hound you wished to pet a lot except you knew he sometimes bit." Stanford Magazine, Nov. 2000.

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