Edna St. Vincent Millay photograph
Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Carl Van Vechten, 1933

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

A selective list of online literary criticism from literaryhistory.com for Edna St. Vincent Millay, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars and articles published in peer-reviewed sources


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introduction

"Edna St. Vincent Millay's Farmhouse Faces Closure." Edna St. Vincent Millay's home at Steepletop, her farmhouse in Austerlitz, N.Y., once a private preserve of her bohemian lifestyle, is in danger of being closed down unless $1 million can be raised by November 2018.

Edna St. Vincent Millay. Reputable critical essays on her life, context, and discussions of some of her poems. Modern American Poetry, (U of Illinois), compiled by Elizabeth Majerus.

"Edna St. Vincent Millay." Poetry Foundation. Encyclopedia-type introduction to the poet's themes, style and techniques, with a biography, bibliography, and samples of poems.

Edna St. Vincent Millay from the Academy of American Poets.


literary criticism

Newcomb, John Timberman. "The woman as political poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay and the mid-century canon." Says Newcomb, "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." Criticism 37, 2 (Spring, 1995), pp. 261-279 [free at jstor]

Zellinger, Elissa. "Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Poetess Tradition." Legacy 29, 2 (2012), pp. 240-262 [preview or purchase at jstor]

McClatchy, J.D. "Feeding on Havoc: The Poetics of Edna St. Vincent Millay." The American Scholar 72, 2 (SPRING 2003), pp. 45-52 [free at jstor]


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