Rita Dove (1952- )

A selective list of online literary criticism for Rita Dove, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages

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Literary criticism

Carlisle, Theodora. Reading the Scars: Rita Dove's The Darker Face of the Earth. In African American Review, Spring, 2000.

Cavalieri, Grace Rita Dove: An interview. American Poetry Review, Mar 1995.

Dodson, Angela P. On the wings of a Dove: a collection of literary conversations with poet Rita Dove, from the University Press of Mississippi and other offbeat treasures covering the arts. In Black Issues Book Review, May-June, 2003.

Donohue, Cecilia. An introduction to Rita Dove from the Literary Encyclopedia, 12 January 2005. On the Bus with Rosa Parks (1999); American Smooth (2004).

Lloyd, Emily. Navigating the personal: An interview with Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Off Our Backs, April 1994.

Pereira, Malin. "When the pear blossoms / cast their pale faces on / the darker face of the earth: miscegenation, the primal scene, and the incest motif in Rita Dove's work" African American Review, Summer 2002.

Wallace, Patricia. Divided loyalties: literal and literary in the poetry of Lorna Dee Cervantes, Cathy Song and Rita Dove. Melus, Fall 1993 (removed).

Introduction

"Rita Dove." Ed. Edward Brunner. An introduction to Rita Dove, plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems. Contents: An Interview with Dove: On the Genesis of "Parsley"; On the Origins of "Parsley"; Dove on Reading "Parsley" at the White House; Helen Vendler On "Parsley" and on Dove's Redefining of the Lyric; M.W. Thomas Interview with Dove; An Online Interview. Modern American Poetry.

An extended, introductory article on Rita Dove's career, includes list of her works and a secondary reading list, from the Poetry Foundation.

Rita Dove's faculty page at the U of Virginia contains links to a comprehensive biography, a list of her publications and projects, her CV, and articles with limited access.

A web page from poetry magazine Ploughshares lists the extensive contributions from Rita Dove published there (removed).

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