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Frank Davey

January 29, 2015


Works by Frank Davey

Book ReviewsPoetryArticlesOpinionsBook Reviews of Author

Book Reviews by Frank Davey

Metcalf in Darkest Canada
By Frank Davey
Published in Canadian Literature 185 (Summer 2005): 167-169.
  • Forde Abroad by John Metcalf
  • An Aesthetic Underground: A Literary Memoir by John Metcalf
At a Dead End
By Frank Davey
Published in Discoveries and Rediscoveries. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 55 (Winter 1973): 118-119.
  • ABC by B. P. Nicol
  • Skydeck by Stuart MacInnon
  • Catalan Poems by George McWhirter
  • Magic Water by Tom Marshall
Language/Linguistics Literary Criticism Poetry Religion
The Limitations of Wit
By Frank Davey
Published in Lowry’s Reading. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 44 (Spring 1970): 91-92.
  • By the Light of the Silvery McLune by Lionel Kearns (Author)
Poetry
Layton and Isiah
By Frank Davey
Published in Views of Leonard Cohen. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 34 (Autumn 1967): 88-90.
  • Periods of the Moon by Irving Layton (Author)
Language/Linguistics Literary Criticism Poetry Religion
Party Line Olson
By Frank Davey
Published in New Wave in Canadian Poetry. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 32 (Spring 1967): 72-73.
  • Fever and the Cold Eye by Richard Clarke
Poetry
Excess of Completeness
By Frank Davey
Published in Louis Dudek as Man of Letters. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 22 (Autumn 1964): 63-65.
  • Along That Coast by John Peter
Publishing
Defence and Escape
By Frank Davey
Published in The Writer’s World. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 18 (Autumn 1963): 64-66.
  • Jawbreakers by Milton Acorn
  • A Friction of Lights by Eldon Grier
Wonderful, Wonderful
By Frank Davey
Published in Writers on the Prairies. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 17 (Summer 1963): 82-83.
  • Twelve Letters to a Small Town by James Reaney
Poetry Politics

Poetry by Frank Davey

Walking Canlit in India
By Frank Davey
Published in Background, Foreground. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 127 (Winter 1990): 109-113.
Autobiography Short Fiction
Riel
By Frank Davey
Published in 25th Anniversary Issue. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 100 (Spring 1984): 84-89.
Literary Criticism Short Fiction

Articles by Frank Davey

Alternate Stories: The Short Fiction of Audrey Thomas and Margaret Atwood
By Frank Davey
Published in Mothers & Daughters. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 109 (Summer 1986): 5-14.
Surviving the Paraphrase
By Frank Davey
Published in Themes and Variations in Criticism. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 70 (Autumn 1976): 5-13.
Life Writing Native Studies
E. J. Pratt: Rationalist Technician
By Frank Davey
Published in Fifteenth Anniversary Issue. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 61 (Summer 1974): 65-78.
Literary Criticism
E. J. Pratt: Apostle of Corporate Man
By Frank Davey
Published in Arts in the Politician’s Eye. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 43 (Winter 1970): 54-66.
Poetry
Anything but Reluctant: Canada's little magazines
By Frank Davey
Published in The Year in French Canada. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 13 (Summer 1962): 39-44.
Poetry

Opinions by Frank Davey

Tribute to the Printer
By Frank Davey
Published in Literary History in Canada. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 24 (Spring 1965): 52-54.
Poetry

Book Reviews of Frank Davey's Works

aka bpNichol: a preliminary biography
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Preliminary Nichols by Kit Dobson
Earle Birney
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Anomalies by Mary Jane Edwards
Biography Life Writing Literary Theory
D-Day And After
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in The Canadian Poetry Underground by George Bowering
Literary Criticism
Bardy Google
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Four Ways to Make Poems by Nicholas Bradley
Poetry
Back to the War
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Constructing Masculinities by Gregory Betts
Poetry
Cultural Mischief: A Practical Guide to Multiculturalism
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Some Musical Polities by Stefan Haag
Culture Novel
Essays
By bp Nicol, Frank Davey and Robert Kroetsch
Reviewed in Battle Lines by Robert Billings
Novel Poetry
Popular Narratives
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Old, New, Borrowed, Blue by Fraser Sutherland
Postmodernism
Reading Canadian Reading
By Robert Lecker and Frank Davey
Reviewed in (Un)Frank: Davey by Robert Lecker
Poetry
Swiftcurrent
By Frank Davey and Fred Wah
Reviewed in First Byte by David Ingham
Essays Literary Criticism
The Louis Riel Organ & Piano Co.
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Real Riel by Karl Jirgens
Margaret Atwood: A Feminist Poetics
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Separate Space by Lorna Marie Irvine
Anthologies Poetry
Edward and Patricia
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Poetasting by Paul Matthew St. Pierre
Feminism Literary Criticism Poetry
The Arches
By bp Nichol and Frank Davey
Reviewed in Poetry & Prose by Gary A. Boire
Poetry
Louis Dudek and Raymond Souster
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Publishing Critics by Ronald Hatch
Tish No. 1-19
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Romantic Offensive: Tish by Peter Quartermain
Canadian Studies Literary Criticism Publishing
The Clallam
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Anti-Epic and Nostalgia by Lloyd Abbey
Poetry Publishing
King of Swords
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Medium or Magician by Linda Rogers
Literary Criticism Poetry
Arcana
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Medium or Magician by Linda Rogers
Poetry
Surviving the Paraphrase
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Davey’s Aggressive Art by Susan Gingell
Poetry
Four Myths For Sam Perry
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Play in the Western World by Douglas Barbour
Essays Literary Criticism
The Scarred Hull
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Trouncing the Younger Poets by Louis Dudek
Poetry
Bridge Force
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Levels of Excitement by Al (Alfred W) Purdy
Poetry
When TISH Happens: The Unlikely Story of Canada's "Most Influential Literary Magazine"
By Frank Davey
Reviewed in Olson Happens by Clint Burnham