MARIANNE MOORE
Scope|Circulating
Books|Critical
Sources|Periodicals,
Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites
SCOPE: Marianne Moore was a major literary figure of the 20th century. In 1952 she received both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her poetry is a blending of the self and art. Moore employs stark images in her poetry and the theme of impending threat to mankind is explored. Her most noteworthy poems are An Octopus and A Grave.
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Books of Marianne Moore’s works are listed in our on-line catalog under “Moore, Marianne,” and under individual titles.
Books written by and about Marianne Moore have the call number(s)
PS 3525.05616
Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:
Garrigue, Jean. Marianne
Moore. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota
Press, 1965.
Schulman, Grace. Marianne Moore:
The Poetry of Engagement. Urbana:
University of Illinois Press, 1986.
CRITICAL SOURCES
There are books in the Reference Section that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide an overview or summary of the topic.
The following titles are appropriate to this topic:
REF PS 303.C64 1993 the Columbia History of American Poetry
REF PR 502.C85 1992 Critical Survey of Poetry
PS 21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography
vol. 45 American poets, 1880-1945
REF PN 771.M3 1991 Major 20th-Century Writers
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a
list of full text journals available through our
databases in:
WEB SITES
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets.htm#m
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Updated
02/08/2007
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