This inventory includes the four separate listings, below, each arranged
chronologically:
- Periodicals containing Theodore Roethke's poetry written during
the "Saginaw Period."
- Periodicals containing Theodore Roethke's poetry written during
the "Seattle Period. "
- Periodicals containing articles about Theodore Roethke and reviews
of his work.
- Periodicals containing references to Theodore Roethke and
criticism mentioning Theodore Roethke's work.
Chronological list of periodicals containing Theodore
Roethke's poetry written during the "Saginaw Period":
- October 1922 : "A junior speech by a junior," Junior Red Cross
News, p. 21.
- 7 October 1931 : "The Conqueror," The Commonweal, p. 544, v. 14, no.
23.
- 20 January 1932: "Silence," The New Republic, v. 69, no. 894,
p. 263
- January-March 1932 : "Second Version," Sewanee Review, v. 40, no. 1, p.
88.
- September 1932 : "Bound," "Fugitive," Poetry, v. 40, no.
6, p. 316-317.
- April 1933: The Adelphi, v. 6, no. 1, p. 9,
[excised]
- 1934 : "Genius," Atlantic, v. 153, no. 5, p.
550.
- 2 May 1934: "Death Piece," The Nation, v. 318, no. 3591, P.
511.
- August 1934 : "To My Sister," Adelphi, v. 8, no. 5, n. s., p.
300.
- September 1934 : Adelphi, v. 8, no. 6, n. s.,
[excised]
- November 1934: "No Bird," The Atlantic, V. 154, no. 5, p.
543.
- 10 July 1935: "Prayer," New Republic, v. 83, no. 1075, p.
242.
- 11 September 1935: "Feud," New Republic, v. 84, no. 1084, p.
123.
- 11 September 1935: "Strange Distortion," Scribner's, v. 99,
no. 5, p. 311.
- 24 June 1936: "Five Younger Poets... 'Genesis' ",
The Nation,
v. 142, no. 3703, p. 807.
- January 1937: "In Time of Change," The Atlantic, v.
159, no. 1, p. 47.
- 13 March 1937: "Lines Upon Leaving a Sanitarium," New Yorker, p.
30
- 15 May 1937: "Meditation in Hydrotherapy," New Yorker, p.
87.
- 14 August 1937: "Hay Fever Lament," New Yorker, p.
54.
- 28 August 1937: "Prayer Before Study," New Yorker, p.
45.
- 31 December 1937: "Statement," The Commonweal, v. 27, no. 10, p.
261.
- 2 February 1938: "Interlude," New Republic, v. 93, no. 1209, p.
361.
- March 1938: "The Light Comes Brighter," The Atlantic, v.
161, no. 3, p. 240.
- June 1938: "Hay Fever Lament," Woman's Journal,
v. 22, no. 128, p. 10.
- 7 January 1939: "For an Amorous Lady," New Yorker, p.
25.
- March 1939: "Evidence of growth," Review of Maas,
Willard, Concerning the Young. Poetry, v. 53, no. 6, p.
336.
- 22 July 1939: "Summer Wind," New Yorker, p.
58.
- 26 August 1939: "Idyll," New Yorker, p.
51.
- Autumn 1939: "Slow Season," The Yale Review, v. 29, no. 1, p.
89.
- 29 November 1939: "Poetaster," The New Republic, v. 101, no.
1304, p. 164.
- 12 February 1940: "Lull," The New Republic, v. 102, no. 7,
p. 209.
- 30 March 1940: "Vernal Sentiment," New Yorker, p.
57
- May 1940: "Orders for the Day," Poetry, v. 56, no.
11, p. 75.
- 6 May 1940: "Highway: Michigan," The New Republic,
V. 102, no. 19, p. 608.
- 8 June 1940: "Night Journey," New Yorker, p.
34.
- February 1941: "Sale," "Second Shadow," Poetry, v. 57, no.
5, p. 292.
- Autumn 1941: "The Cycle," The Virginia Quarterly Review, v.
17, no. 4, p. 538.
- February 1942: "My Papa's Waltz," Harper's Bazaar, p.
16.
- April 1942: "Diary of a Dangerous Day," Harper's Bazaar,
p. 114.
- May 1942: "Obiter Dicta," Reviews of Gibson,
Wilfrid, The Alert and Masefield, John, Guatama the Enlightened.
Poetry, v.
60, no. 11, p. 109.
- "The Minimal," and biographical
blurb, Harper's
Bazaar, 26, p. 103.November 1942:
- 3 April 1943: "Germinal," New Yorker, p.
17.
- March 1943: "Growth," The American Mercury, p.
366.
- May 1943: "Pickle Belt," The American Mercury, p.
618.
- 11 September 1943: "River Incident," New Yorker, p.
61.
- February 1946: "Old Florist," Harper's Magazine, p.
174.
- 11 February 1946: "Child on Top of a Greenhouse, ' "Fruit
Bin," "Flower Dump," New Republic, v. 114, no. 6, p.
181.
- 18 February 1946: "Carnations," "Moss-gathering," New Republic, v.
114, no. 7, p. 244.
- 25 February 1946: "Weed Puller," New Republic, v. 114, no. 8, p.
282.
- April 1946: "Last Words," Harper's Bazaar, p.
239.
- August 1946: "The Return," Poetry, v. 68, no. 5, p.
250.
- April 1948: "Transplanting," Mademoiselle, n. p., with
biographical blurb.
- May 1950: "The Kitty-kat Bird," "The Sloth," "The
Lamb," "The Monotony Song," Flair, p. 114-115. also
biographical blurb.
- January 1951: "The Lady and the Bear," Flair, p.
119.
- 1951: "Song (This fair parcel of summer's),"
Botteghe
Oscure, P. 282-283, v. 8.
- 29 March 1952: "Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau
Schwartze," The New
Yorker, p. 38.
- November 1952: "The Dance," The Atlantic, v. 190, no. 5, p.
53.
- 9 May 1953: "Pastorale," The Nation, p.
398.
- 27 September 1953: "The Waking (I Wake to Sleep)," New York Times Book
Review, p. 2,
- 4 June 1955: "The Dream," The New Yorker, p.
34.
- September 1955: "Words for the Wind," Harper's Bazaar,
p. 190-191. also biographical blurb, p. 162.
- May 1956: "The Dying Man," The Atlantic, v. 197, no. 5, p.
48.
- 15 December 1956: "I'm Here," The New Yorker, p.
39.
- 7 September 1957: "A Walk in Late Summer," The New Yorker, p.
36.
Chronological list of periodicals containing Theodore
Roethke's poetry written during the "Seattle Period":
- November 1934: "This Light, " American Poetry Journal, p.
3.
- July 1936: "Long Live the Weeds, " Poetry, v. 48, no.
4, p. 203 (corrections in TR's hand)
- April 1938: "Facing the Guns, " Review of And Spain Sings: Fifty
Loyalist Ballads, ed. by H. I. Bernardete and R.
Humphries. Poetry, v. 52, no. 1, p. 43.
[prose]
- September-0ctober 1938: "The Victims, " Twentieth Century Verse, no.
12-13, p. 105.
- December 1938: "Seven Poems-Prognosis; The Reckoning;
The signals; Against Disaster; The Pause; The Bringer of
Tidings; The Summons, " Poetry, v. 53, no. 3, p.
138.
- January 1939: "Ben Bellitt's First Volume, " Review of
The Five
Fold Mesh, by Ben Bellitt. Poetry, v. 53, no. 4, p. 214.
[prose]
- May 1939: "Academic, " New Verse, v. l, no. 2, (new
series) p. 41.
- May 1939: "The Auction, " Poetry, v. 54, no. 2, p.
69.
- September 1939: "Verse in Rehearsal, " with R. Humphries,
Portfolio,
Pennsylvania State College Publication, p. 3, 15-16.
[prose]
- May 1940: "Orders for the Day, " Poetry, v. 56, no.
11, p. 75.
- May 1940: "The Search, " American Prefaces, v. 5, no. 8, p.
118.
- November 1940: "The Pure Poets, " Childhood Education, v. 17, no. 3,
p. 134.
- Summer 1943: "Elegy, " Poetry Quarterly, v. 5, no. 2, p.
68.
- January 1946: "Meditations of a Sensitive Man, " Review
of A Lost
Season, by Roy Fuller. Poetry, v. 67, no. 4, p. 218.
[Prose]
- January 1947: "Integrity of Spirit, " Review of The Earth Bound by
Janet Lewis. Poetry, v. 69, no. 4, p. 220.
[prose]
- Spring 1947 (April-June): "Two Poems-The Lost Son; Judge Not, "
Sewanee
Review, v. 55, no. 2, p. 252.
- July 1947: "The Long Alley, " Poetry, v. 70, no. 4, p.
198.
- September-October 1947: "The Shape of the Fire, " Partisan Review,
v. 14, no. 5, p. 486. (annotated)
- Winter 1947-1948: "Big Wind, " The American Scholar, v. 17, no.
1, p. 56.
- March 1948: "A Field of Light, " The Tiger's Eye,
p. 15. (annotated, pages extracted from copy in
files)
- 1948: "Praise to the End, " Botteghe Oscure,
v. II, p. 288.
- 1948: "Lode Alla Fire, " (Praise to the End,
tr. by Henry Furst-appears in Italian only) p.
46.
- 1948: "Last Class, " written under pseudonym,
Winterset Rothberg, Botteghe Oscure, v. 5, p. 400.
- Summer 1950: "I Cry, Love! Love!" The Hudson Review,
v. 3, no. 2, p. 217.
- Summer 1950: "A Light Breather, Elegy for Jane, "
The Kenyon
Review, v. 12, no. 3, p. 475.
- September 1950: "The Serpent, The Cow, The Chair, The
Ceiling, " Poetry, v. 76, no. 6, p. 331.
- 1950: "Cuttings, Later, " "Praise to the End, "
"The Shape of the Fire, " Arena, no. 23, p. 12. [New Zealand
and Overseas Writing.]
- 1950: "Date il Passo, Voi Porte, " ["Give Way
Ye Gates" incorp. also "I Need, I Weed, " and "Bring the Day"]
tr. by Salvatore Rosati, Botteghe Oscure, v. 4, p.
39.
- 1950: "Ultimo Corso, " ["Last Class"] written
under pseudonym of Winterset Rothberg, Botteghe Oscure, v. 5, p. 98.
[prose]
- 1950: "Give Way Ye Gates, " [incorp. "I Need, I
Need" and "Bring the Day"] Botteghe Oscure, v. 6, p.
443.
- February 1951: "Words in the Violent Ward, " "To An
Anthologist, " Poetry v. 77, no. 5, p. 262.
- August 1951: "Pub Songs-Shy Man, Gob Music, " Poetry, v. 98, no.
5, P. 283.
- September 1951: "Two Poems-Sensibility! O La!, O Lull Me,
Lull Me, " Poetry, v. 78, no. 6, p. 311.
- February 1952: "The Teaching Poet, " Poetry, v. 79, no.
5, p. 250. [prose]
- September-October 1952: "The Partner, " Partisan Review, v. 19, no. 5, p.
558.
- October 1952: "O, Thou Opening, O, " Poetry, v. 81, no.
1, p. 64-67. (annotated)
- Fall 1952: "Field of Light, " Perspectives USA, no. 1. (There
are several editions of this in different languages. The poem
appears in all but the American.) Italian-"Campo di Luce, " p.
144-147, tr. Antonio Russi, Prospettive USA. German-"Ein Feld
des Lichtes, " p. 170-173. tr. Alexander Koval, Perspektiven USA.
French-"Champ de Lumière, " tr. Alain Bousquet, p. 136-139,
Profils
I.
- Winter 1952: "Old Lady's Winter Words, " Kenyon Review, v.
14, no. 1, p. 60-62 (annotated).
- December 1952: "One Ring-Tailed Roarer to Another, "
Review of Dylan Thomas, Poetry, v. 81, no. 3, p. 184-186. (Written under
pseudonym, Winterset Rothberg.) [prose]
- 1952: "The Changeling, " Botteghe Oscure, v. 10, p. 239.
(Botteghe Oscure apparently issued two kinds of publications for
each volume; one volume contained material from all countries in
the language of the originals; the second, a much briefer
volume, appeared in Italian, contained material from the
previous volume, and was given the same volume
number.)
- 1952: "Poems for Children: Yak, The Boy and the
Bush, Mrytle, Myrtle's Cousin, Goo Girl, " New World Writing,
Lippincott, p. 223-4.
- Winter 1953: "Song for the Squeeze Box, " "The Wraith,
" Hudson
Review, v. 5, no. 4, p. 514-516.
- 1953: "Field of Light, " Kultura, no. 7/69-8/70, p.
78-79.
- March 1954: "Words for the Wind, " Encounter, v. 2,
no. 3, p. 16-17.
- June 1954: "Intermede (Interlude), " (Includes note
on life and Pulitzer award), Le Journal des Poètes, v. 24, no.
6, p. 9 [Special issue on American poets.]
- 17 September 1954: "Elegy for Jane, " London Times Literary Supplement,
p. liv, extracted from file copy.
- November-December 1954: "The Follies of Adam, " Partisan Review,
v. 21, no. 6, p. 650.
- December 1954: "I Knew a Woman, " Harper's Bazaar, p. 101. (Contains
biographical blurb and photo on page 58.)
- 30 December 1954: "Old Lady's Winter Words, " The Listener, v.
52, no. 1348, p. 1152.
- 1954: "Elegy" "Love's Progress" "The Shimmer of
Evil, " Botteghe
Oscure, v. 14, 1954, p. 224-226. (Annotated and
corrected)
- Spring 1955: "Three Poems-All the Earth, All the Air;
The Song (I met a ragged man) ; The Beast, " Hudson Review, v.
8, no. 1, p. 58-60.
- 9 July 1955: "The Voice, " The New Yorker, p.
28.
- Fall 1955: "Old Woman's Meditation, " Partisan Review,
v. 22, no. 4, p. 491-493.
- 1955: "Tre Dikter (Three Poems), Eldens Gestalt
(The Shape of the Fire), Börja Dagen (Bring the Day), Sangen
(The song-I met a ragged man), " also "Open Letter, " from
Mid-Century
American Poets, ed. by J. Ciardi, tr. by Kjell
Espmark and G. Printz-Pahlson, Upptakt, no. 4
(Swedish)
- 17 March 1956: "The Beast, " The New Statesman and Nation Weekend
Review, v. 51, no. 1305, p. 248.
- June 1956: "Old Woman's Meditation, " The London
Magazine, v. 3, no. 6 p. 13-16.
- Autumn 1956: "The Other, " Botteghe Oscure, v. 18, p.
235-236.
- Winter 1956: "Two Poems-I think the dead are tender; I
waited for the wind to move the dust, " The Kenyon Review, v. 18, no. 1,
p. 120-121.
- Spring 1957: "Third Meditation, " (I was always one
for being alone) Botteghe Oscure, v. 19, p.
207-210.
- May 1957: "Last Class, " (Under pseudonym of
Winterset Rothberg,) College English, v. 18, no. 8, p. 383-386.
[prose]
- Summer 1957: "What Can I Tell My Bones, " Partisan Review,
v. 24, no. 3, p. 359-362.
- July 1957: "Elegy, " The London Magazine, v. 4, no. 7,
P. 13.
- September 1957: "An Old Lady Muses, " Harper's Bazaar,
p. 246-247.
- 7 September 1957: "A Walk in Late Summer, " The New Yorker, p.
36.
- Winter 1957: "Reply to a Lady Editor, " Poetry, London-New
York, v. 1, no. 3, p. 27.
- December 1957: "Plaint, " Poetry Book Society Poetry
Supplement-Landmarks and voyages, n. p.
- 1957: "The Shape of the Fire, " in Norwegian
tr. by Erling Christie, Vinduet, v. ll, no. 1, p. 74. (Accompanies article
on American Poets-see listing of articles about
TR.)
- Winter 1957-1958: "Orchidées, " "La Visiteuse, " "Apporte
le Jour, " (Orchids, The Visitant, Bring the Day) tr. from the
French by Alain Bosquet, Presence, v. 7, no. 6, p.
38-40.
- Spring 1958: "Her Becoming, " Botteghe Oscure, v. 21, p.
183.
- "The Renewal, " The New Yorker, p.
103.26 April
1958:
- 1 May 1958: "The Waking (I wake to sleep), " Poetry Pilot, p.
6.
- Summer 1958: "The Pure Fury, " Partisan Review, v. 25, no. 3, p.
366.
- Autumn 1958: "The Decision, " Yale Review, v. 48, no. 1, p. 78
(annotated).
- Fall 1958: "Plaint, " Northwestern University
Tri-Quarterly, v. l, no. 1, p.
24.
- 6 September 1958: "The Renewal, " New Statesman, v. 56, no. 1434, p.
292.
- 1958: "La Visiteuse (The Visitant), "
"Orchidées (Orchids, " "Apporte le Jour (Bring the Day), " tr.
to French by Alain Bosquet, Correspondances; revue
bimestrielle, no. 22, p. 181-184.
- "The Exulting, " Poetry Pilot, p.
17, (annotated).1
January 1959:
- March 1959: "Ten Poems-The Waking, My Papa's Waltz,
Orchids, Cuttings, Later, Old Florist, Child on Top of a
Greenhouse, The Pure Fury, I Knew a Woman, The Dream, She, "
Today's
Japan, v. 4, no. 3, p. 45-51.
- Spring 1959: "How to Write Like Somebody Else, "
Yale
Review, v. 48, no. 3, p. 336-343.
[Prose]
- Summer 1959: "Dirge, " The American Scholar, v. 28, no.
3, p. 293-295.
- June 1959: "Poèmes-Le Réveil, Les Orchidées, " tr.
into French by René Char, Preuves, no. 100, p. 61-62.
(extracted from the copy of the periodical in the
files.)
- 4 July 1959: "The Swan, " New Statesman, v. 58, no. 1477, p.
20.
- 1 October 1959: "The Dream, " Poetry Pilot, p.
6.
- November 1959: "Saturday Eight O'clock, " Ladies' Home
Journal, v. 76, no. 11, p. 130.
- 6 November 1959: "The Longing, " The Times Literary Supplement, p.
xxxviii.
- 16 January 1960: "In a Dark Time, " "In evening Air, "
"The Sequel, " The New
Yorker, p. 35.
- Spring 1960: "Her Dream, " "Dirge, " The Hudson Review,
v. 13, no. 1, p. 30-32.
- June-December 1960: Series of poems in Italian: "Elegy, "
(only one in English) "II Risveglio (The Waking), " "II Ciclo
(The Cycle), " "Tutta la Terra, Tutta l'aria (All the Earth, All
the Air), " "Conoscevo una Donna (I Knew A Woman), " "Lei (She),
" "II Puro Furore (The Pure Fury), " "Orichidee (Orchids), "
"Casa Aperta (Open House), " "Intermezzo (Interlude), "
"Garofani (Carnations), " "II Valzer des Babbo (My Papa's
Waltz), " "II Figlio Perduto (The Lost Son) /, " "II Sogno (The
Dream), " "Parole per Se Vento (Words For the Wind), " "La Voce
(The Voice), " "Passeggiata Nella Tarda Estate (Walk in Late
Summer), " "Che Cosa Raccontare alle mir Ossa (What Can I Tell
My Bones), " Inventario, v. 15, no. 1-6, p. 1-25.
(Annotated)
- Autumn 1960: "The Motion, " 3 Arts Quarterly, no. 4, p.
12-13.
- Autumn 1960: "The Poetry of Louise Bogan, " Michigan University
Alumnus Quarterly Review Number, v. 67, no. 10, 3
Dec. 1960, p. 13-20. [prose]
- October 1960: "How to Write Like Somebody Else, "
The London
Magazine, v. 7, no. 10, p. 49-55.
[prose]
- October 1960: "Some Remarks on Rhythm, " Poetry, v. 97, no.
1, p. 35-46. [prose]
- November 1960: "Advice to One Committed, " Esquire, v. 54,
no. 5, p. 138.
- 19 November 1960: "Meditation at Oyster River, " The New Yorker, p.
54.
- 10 December 1960: "The Restored, " The New Yorker, p.
58,
- January 1961: "In a Dark Time, " "Elegy, " "Light
Listened, " Encounter, v. 16, no. 1, p. 3-4.
- 7 January 1961: "Journey to the Interior, " The New Yorker, p.
27.
- 29 April 1961: "The Tree, The Bird, " The New Yorker, p.
40.
- May 1961: "Meditation at Oyster River, " The London
Magazine, v. l, no. 2 (new series), p.
34-36.
- Summer 1961: "The Poetry of Louise Bogan, " Critical
Quarterly, v. 3, no. 2, p. 142-150.
- 17 June 1961: "The Lizard, " The New Yorker, p.
36.
- 24 June 1961: "The Longing, " Saturday Review, p.
46.
- 9 September 1961: "The Storm (Forio d'Ischia), " The New Yorker, p.
48.
- 1961: "The Poet and His Critics, " TR and
others. New World
Writing Lippincott, p. 189 ff. (" In a Dark Time"
[prose] with critiques)
- January 1962: "The Saginaw Song, " Encounter, v. 18,
no. 1, p. 94.
- March 1962: "Two for Cynthia, " Harper's Magazine,
p. 54 (Poem excised from file copy).
- April 1962: "Her Words, " "Her Wrath, " "The Happy
Three, " Harper's
Bazaar, (Includes biographical note, picture,
annotated by TR.)
- May 1962: "Once More, the Round, " Encounter, v. 18,
no. 5, p. 45.. (Annotated copy)
- 19 May 1962: "The Marrow, " The New Yorker, p.
42.
- 2 June 1962: "The Long Waters, " The New Yorker, p.
34.
- July-August 1962: "The Shy Man, " "Gob Music, " The Dubliner, no.
4, p. 51-53.
- August 1962: "My Papa's Waltz, " Poetry Pilot, p.
3.
- Autumn 1962: "The Far Field, " Sewanee Review, v. 20, no. 4, p.
609-612.
- Fall 1962: "Testimony to Jack Gilbert, " Genesis West, v.
l, no. 1 p. 70. [prose]
- October 1962: "The Abyss, " Encounter, v. 19, no. 4, p.
51-53.
- 5 October 1962: "The Old Florist's Lament, " The Spectator, no.
7006, p. 530.
- January 1963: "Once More, The Round, " Harper's Bazaar,
p. 117. (Includes biographical blurb and
photo)
- February 1963: "Song, " Harper's Magazine, v. 226, no.
1353, p. 44.
- March 1963: "The Chums, " New Statesman, v. 65, no. 1665, p.
202.
- March 1963: "The Right Thing, " Atlantic, p.
51.
- 9 March 1963: "The Thing, " Saturday Review, p.
10.
- Spring 1963: "L'airone (The heron), " tr. to Italian
by Renato Poggioli, Cesare Barbieri Courier, v. 5, no.
2
- Spring 1963: "The Geranium, " "Otto, " Partisan Review,
v. 30, no. 1, p. 55-57.
- Spring 1963: "The Long Waters, " Critical
Quarterly, v. 5, no. 1, p. 20-22.
- Spring 1963: "Wish for a Young Wife, " "Her Reticence,
" "His Foreboding, " The Hudson Review, v. 16, no. 1, p.
52-53.
- April 1963: "Long Live the Weeds, " "Night Journey, "
"Child on Top of a Greenhouse, " "Cuttings, " "Cuttings (later),
" "Dolor, " "Elegy for Jane, " Literary Cavalcade, p.
15-17.
- May 1963: "Steggies (Cuttings [later]), " "Mi
Pappie se Wals (My Papa's Waltz), " "Die Stuurs Een (The Surly
One), " "Die Dans (The Dance), " "Die Jong Music, " ["The Lost
Son"-excerpts] "Wat Sal Ek My Beendre Vertel (What Shall I Tell
My Bones), " tr. to the Dutch by Barend J. Toerien, Tydskrifvir
Letterkunde, v. l, no. 3, p.
37-41.
- July 1963: "Antidotes [game with celebrities-their
dislikes]" Harper's
Bazaar, p. 74-75. [prose]
- 6 July 1963: "The Rose, " The New Yorker, p.
26-27.
- August 1963: "The Visitant, " Poetry Pilot, p.
11.
- 9 August 1963: "Song, " "The Advice, " "The Marrow, "
The New
Statesman, v, 66, no. 1691, p.
176.
- 11 August 1963: "The Longing, " Saturday Review, p.
19.
- October 1963: "The Moment, " Encounter, v. 21, no. 4, p.
68.
- 19 October 1963: "Her Time, " "Infirmity, " "The Meadow
Mouse, " "Wish for a Young Wife, " "The Tranced, " "The Moment,
" The New
Yorker, P. 50-51.
- October-November 1963: "Supper with Lindsay, " "Song
(Witeh-me-tiddle-dee Mirabell), " "A Wheeze for Wystan, " Poetry, v. 103,
nos. 1-2, p. 85-89.
- November 1963: "The Abyss, " Harper's Magazine, p.
82-83.
- 9 November 1963: "The Pike, " Saturday Review, p.
42.
- 29 November 1963: "The Manifestation, " "I Waited, " The New Statesman,
v. 66, no. 1707, p. 789.
- 29 November 1963: "Meadow Mouse, " Spectator, p.
719.
- December 1963: "A Tirade Turning, " written under the
pseudonym of Winterset Rothberg, Encounter, v. 21, no. 6, p.
44-45.
- 21 December 1963: "The Chums, " Saturday Review, p.
52.
- 1963: "Jag Behöver, Jag Behöver (I Need, I
Need), " tr. to Swedish by Rönnog Seaberg, Ord och Bild, v.
72, no. 5, p. 409.
- December-January 1964: "The Geranium, " Agenda, v. 3, no. 3, P.
9.
- February 1964: "Light Listened, " also blurb and photo,
Harper's
Bazaar, p. 138.
- March 1964: "All Morning, " Harper's Bazaar, p.
92-93.
- April 1964: "The Rose, " Agenda, v. 3, no. 4, p. 1-4. see
also: reTR.
- April 1964: "Roethke's Twilight Testament-The Far
Field, " Seattle, p. 12-13.
- June 1964: "Journey to the Interior, " Encounter, v. 22,
no. 6, p. 50-51. :
Chronological list of periodicals containing articles
about Theodore Roethke and his work:
- February 1941: Pennsylvania. State University. Portfolio, v. II,
no. 4, "Roethke and Auden, " advertisement for their books in
the College Book Store.
- 5 April 1941: "Verse and the Times... Review of Open
House, " by Louis Untermeyer, Saturday Review, p.
30-31.
- July 1941: Forster, Louis. "A Lyric Realist, "
Poetry, v.
58, no. 4, p. 222-225. (Review of Open House)
- August 1941: Deutsch, Babette. "Three Generations in
Poetry, " Decision, v. 2, no. 2, p. 59-61.
-
5 October 1941
"The poems of Theodore Roethke:
Review of Open House, " by Amy Bonner. New York Times Book Review, p. 9,
12.
- Summer 1948: Morgan, Frederick. "The Lost Son and
Other Poems, " The
Hudson Review, v. 1, no. 2, p.
258-266.
- 10 July 1943: "Exciting, low Voices; ... Review of, the
Lost Son and Other Poems, " by Howard Griffin, Saturday Review,
p. 21, 26.
- 25 July 1948: "Fusing Word With Image; Review of the
Lost Son and Other Poems, " by Babette Deutsch, New York Herald
Tribune Weekly Book Review, p. 4.
- 8 August 1949: "Books in Review... The Lost Son and
Other Poems, " by Robert Fitzgerald, New Republic, p.
17-18.
- 16 December 1951: "Deep, Lyrical Feelings; ... Review of
Praise to the End, " by Richard Eberhart, New York Times Book Review, p.
4.
- January 1952: The Atlantic. "Technique and Inspiration; A year of
Poetry, " by Peter Viereck, p. 81, v. 189, no.
1.
- 25 February 1952: Time. "Education-Teaching Poets, " p.
46-48.
- Fall 1952: Shapiro, Harvey. "[Review]" Furioso, v. 7, no.
4, p. 56-58. Review of Praise to the End.
- Winter 1952: Arrowsmith, William. "Five Poets, "
The Hudson
Review, v. 4, no. 4, p. 619-627.
(annotated)
- 13 September 1953: "The Idiom is Personal; ... Review of the
Waking, " by Hayden Carruth, New York Times Book Review, p.
14.
- 14 November 1953: Ciardi, John. "Poets of the Inner
Landscape, " The
Nation, v. 177, no. 20, p.
410-411.
- 16 January 1954: "Logic of the North... Review of The
Waking, Poems 1933-1953, " by Gerard P. Meyer, Saturday Review,
p. 18-19.
- February 1954: Lombardo, Agostino. "Poesia Americana, "
Lo Spettatore
Italiano, v. 7, no. 2, p. 72-79.
- Summer 1954: Bennett, Joseph. "Recent Verse, " The Hudson Review,
v. 7, no. 2, p. 302-308.
- Winter 1954: Nemerov, Howard, "Three in One, " The Kenyon Review,
v. 16, no. 1, p. 144-154.
- 21 May 1955 [Spring]: Pearce, Donald. ["Review]" Michigan University
Alumnus Quarterly Review Number, v. 61, no. 18, p.
273-274.
- 10 March 1956: The Nation. v. 182, no. 10, "American Poetry, 1956,
" by M. L. Rosenthal, pp. 200-201.
- 17 March 1958: Newsweek. "Books-Poetry: Men at Work, " pp.
108-111. (Includes except from The Waking and biographical
note.)
- April 1958: Wain, John. "Halfway to Greatness, "
Encounter,
v. 10, no. 4, p. 82-84. (Review of Words for the
Wind.)
- 21 March 1959: Rosenthal, M. L. "Closing in on the
Shelf, " The
Nation, v. 188, no. 12, p.
258-260.
- Spring 1959: Snodgrass, William. "Spring Verse
Chronicle, " The
Hudson Review, v. 12, no. 1, p. 114-123 (excised
from file copy)
- June 1959: Schwartz, Delmore. "The Cunning and Craft
of the Unconscious and the Preconscious, " Poetry, v. 94, no.
3, p. 203-205. (Review of Words for the
Wind.)
- April 1962: Mills, Ralph J. "Roethke's Garden, "
Poetry, v.
100, no. 1, p. 54-59. (Annotated review of "I Am, " Says the
Lamb)
- Fall 1962 (19 Oct): "Roethke: Voice of Balder Through Mouth
of Groucho, " The Argus, v. 69, no. 42, p. 8. (Seattle Center
Appearance)
- April 1963: Northwestern University. Alumni News, v.
42, no. 4, "Student Symposium of 'Spectrum of Perspectives,' "
pp. 8-11.
- September 1964: Cookson, William. "Roethke's Last Poems,
" Agenda; v. 3,
no. 5; p. 21-27; (Review of The Far Field)
Chronological list of periodicals containing references
to Theodore Roethke and criticism mentioning his work:
- December 1941: Whittaker, Betty A. "Roethke on Review, "
Pennsylvania (State) College. Portfolio, v. 3, no. 3, P. 2,
8.
- April 1943: Pennsylvania (State) College. Portfolio, v. 5,
no. 3, (issue dedicated to TR)
- 9 January 1951: The Times Literary Supplement. "American Poetry
Today, " P. 29.
- January 1953: Hall, Donald. "American poets since the
War, II. " World
Review, new series 47, p. 48-54.
- [1953?]: Hall, Donald. "The Young American Poets,
" U. S. Lines Paris
Review, no paging.
- 17 September 1954: "American Writing Today., " The [London] Times
Literary Supplement, special edition, p. 1
ff.
- Winter 1954: Kramer, Hilton. "The Poetry of Theodore
Roethke, " Western
Review, v. 18, p. 131-146.
- 8 September 1955: Murohy, Richard. "Three Modern Poets, "
The
Listener, BBC, P. 373.
- November 1956: Stammler, Heinrich. "Dichter [Poets] in
Amerika: Richard Eberhart, Richard Wilbur, Theodore Roethke, "
Merkur
(German periodical), v. 10, no. 11, p, 1066 ff.
(Annotated)
- Winter 1957: Hemphill, George. "The meters of the
Intermediate Poets, " The Kenyon Review, v. 19, no. 1, p.
37-55.
- 1957: Christie, Erling. "Navn og Tendenser I
Amerikansk Etter-krigspoesi (Names and Tendencies in American
Post-War Poetry), " Vinduet, v. 11, no. 1, p. 66-72. (Annotated; also
contains extract of The Shape of the Fire in
Translation)
- Fall 1958: Mills, Ralph J. "Towards a Condition of
Joy, " Northwestern
University Tri-Quarterly, v. 1, no. 1, p.
25-29.
- 1 February 1959: Poetry Pilot, p. 6.
- 1 March 1959: Poetry Pilot, p. 4.
- Winter 1959: Mills, Ralph J. "Keeping the Spirit
Spare, " Chicago
Review, v. 13, no. 4, p. 114-123.
- 1 November 1959: Poetry Pilot, p. 10.
- February 1960: "Ten Americans to Watch in 1960, " Pageant, v. 15,
no. 8, P. 24-29.
- March 1960: Southworth, James G. "The Poetry of
Theodore Roethke, " College English, v. 21, no. 6, p.
326-338.
- 1 March 1960: Poetry Pilot, p. 7.
- April 1960: Poetry Society of America. Bulletin, p.
11
- 1 May 1960: Poetry Pilot, p. 11-12. (TR was poetry ed. for this
issue).
- 1961: New World Writing, "A Poet and His Critics, " B.
Deutsch; J. C. Ransom, S. Kunitz, p. 189 ff. ed. by A.
Ostroff.
- Winter 1961-1962: Ridland, John M. "Whirlybird: Roethke
Reading, " Poetry
Northwest, v. 2, no. 4, p. 26 (poem reTR)
- 9 March 1962: Time. "Books: Poetry in English, 1945-1962, " v.
79, no. 10, p. 92-95.
- Spring 1962: Washington (State) University. Washington
Alumnus, "Faculty Profile, " v. 52, no. 3, p. 8-10,
22-23.
- Autumn 1962: Hughes, Ted. "Wind and Weather, "
Listening and Writing, BBC Sound Broadcast to Schools, p.
37-45.
- October 1962: Rikutaso Fukuda, "Profile: Theodore
Roethke, " The Study of
English, v. 51, no. 10, p. 24-26. (In
Japanese)
- March-April 1963: Poetry Society of America. Bulletin, p.
13. p. 13.
- April 1963: "Theodore Roethke; Poet of Anguish and
Ecstasy, " Biographical note and statement on own poetry. Literary
Cavalcade, p. 15-17.
- May 1963: Toerien, Barend J. "Theodore Roethke, Met
Opmerkinge vor Nuwere Amerikaanse Poèsie, " Tydskrif vir.
Letterkunde, v. l, no. 2, p. 34-36. (Dutch, contains
many poems in translation-see list.)
- 30 June 1963: Rosenthal, M. L. "New Singers and Songs,
" New York Times Book
Review, p. 1, 26-27.
- 9 August 1963: Time. "Milestones [death notice]" p.
58.
- 9 August 1963: Bluestone, George. "Roethke: Milestone of
greatness, " Argus, v. 70, no. 32, p. 1
- 31 August 1963: Ciardi, John. "Manner of Speaking:
Theodore Roethke: A Passion and a Maker, " Saturday Review,
p, 13..
- Summer 1963: Poetry Northwest, v. 4, no. 2, p. 3. "Dedication
'For Theodore Roethke, May 1908-August 1963,'" Carolyn
Kizer.
- September 1963: "Theodore Roethke, " Poetry Pilot, p.
2.
- October 1963: Tate, Allen. "In Memoriam -Theodore
Roethke 1908-1963, " Encounter, v. 21, no. 4, p. 68. (includes "The
Moment")
- 21 December 1963: Baroff, David. "Bennington College:
Cauldron of Creativity, " Saturday Review, p. 45
ff.
- 1963: "In Memoriam... " Ord och Bild, v. 72, no. 5, p. 408
(Swedish periodical)
- February 1964: Watkins, Vernon. "At Cwmrhydyceirw
Quarry, " Encounter, v. 22, no. 2, p. 60 (Poem-elegy; page
was marked by tissue)
- April 1964: Hamilton, Ian. "Theodore Roethke, "
Agenda, v.
3, no. 4, p. 5-10.
- April 1964: Levi, Peter, S. J. "Theodore Roethke, "
Agenda, v.
3, no. 4, p. 11-14.
- Winter 1964: Cole, James. "Christmas Eve [poem
dedicated to TR]" The Virginia Quarterly Review, v. 40, no. 1, p.
62.
- Winter 1964: Mills, Ralph J. "Theodore Roethke,
1908-1963; A Tribute, " Northwestern University Tri-Quarterly, v. 6, no. 2,
p. 13-15.
Chronological list of periodicals flagged for Theodore
Roethke:
- 1964: Agel Publishing Company. Shenandoah. volume
16, number 1
- 1965: British Broadcasting Company. Listening and
Writing
- April 1964: Cookson, William. (ed.). Agenda, volume 3,
number 4
- September 1964: Cookson, William. (ed.). Agenda, volume 3,
number 5
- November 1965: Detroit Free Press. Detroit.
- March 1965: Literary Cavalcade. Cavalcade. volume
17, number 6
- March 1965: Literary Cavalcade. Teachers Edition-
Cavalcade,
volume 17, number 6
- March 5, 1966: Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. Opera News. Volume
30, number 18
- 1965: MOTA Company. Show.
- January 23, 1965: National Publishing Company. The New
Republic.
- June 1965: Seattle Magazine