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H.D. DOOLITTLE

Scope|Circulating Books|Critical Sources|Periodicals, Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites 
 
Scope: H.D. Doolittle was considered the forerunner of 20th century American poetry. She was considered an imagist whose characters quested for love as a source of wholeness and completeness. Her themes were women’s quest for self identity, and self-fulfillment.

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Books of H. D. Doolittle’s works are listed on our on-line catalog under, “ Doolittle, H.D,” and under individual titles.

Books written by and about H.D. Doolittle have the call number(s) 

PS 35007.0726 

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

Buck, Claire. H.D. and Freud: Bisexuality and a Feminine Discourse. New York: St. 
Martin’s Press, 1991.

Friedman, Susan Stanford and Rachel Blau DuPlessis. Signets: Reading H.D. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990.

Guest, Barbara. Herself Defined: The Poet H.D. and Her World. Garden City, N.Y:
Doubleday, 1984.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Section that do not circulate but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide and overview or summary of the topic.

The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

REF PS 21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography
     vol. 4 American Writers in Paris 1920-1939
     vol. 45 American Poets, 1880-1945

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the links for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

WEB SITES 

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/

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Updated 08/16/2007