Peter Stevens

January 29, 2015


Works by Peter Stevens

PoetryBook ReviewsArticlesOpinionsBook Reviews of Author

Poetry by Peter Stevens

Bird in the Hand
By Peter Stevens
Published in Native, Individual, State. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 144 (Spring 1995): 141-141.
Yorkshire Spring
By Peter Stevens
Published in Documenting the Landscape / Notes on Sinclair Ross. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 103 (Winter 1984): 23-24.
Poetry
March Weather
By Peter Stevens
Published in Documenting the Landscape / Notes on Sinclair Ross. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 103 (Winter 1984): 24-26.
Stepping Out Of Water
By Peter Stevens
Published in Themes and Variations in Criticism. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 70 (Autumn 1976): 31-31.
Carp
By Peter Stevens
Published in Special Issue on the Maritimes. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 68-69 (Spring/Summer 1976): 48-48.
Sunset
By Peter Stevens
Published in Manners of Criticism. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 67 (Winter 1976): 5-5.

Book Reviews by Peter Stevens

Novella Blues
By Peter Stevens
Published in Wilson, Laurence, Gallant, Glasco. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 93 (Summer 1982): 131-133.
  • The Bass Saxophone by Josef Skvorecky
Zeroing in on Zero
By Peter Stevens
Published in A Poetry Miscellany. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 79 (Winter 1978): 94-96.
  • Breath of the Snow Leopard by J. Michael Yates
  • The Qualicum Physics by J. Michael Yates
Music
Naturalization of Modernism
By Peter Stevens
Published in Exiles and Expatriates. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 73 (Summer 1977): 114-116.
  • Alan Crawley and Contemporary Verse by Joan McCullagh
Literary Criticism Poetry
Honesty and Anarchy
By Peter Stevens
Published in Links with the Great Tradition. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 65 (Summer 1975): 98-101.
  • Light Bird of Life: Selected Poems by Fred Cogswell
Modernism Poetry
An Honest Voice
By Peter Stevens
Published in Fifteenth Anniversary Issue. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 61 (Summer 1974): 118-119.
  • Clearing by Dale Zieroth
Poetry
The Beowulf Poet is Alive and Well
By Peter Stevens
Published in Discoveries and Rediscoveries. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 55 (Winter 1973): 99-102.
  • Selected Poems by Al (Alfred W) Purdy
Literary Criticism Novel
Shaking the Alphabet
By Peter Stevens
Published in National Origins. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 52 (Spring 1972): 82-84.
  • Selected Poems by Phyllis Webb
Poetry
Dark Mouth
By Peter Stevens
Published in Poetry of P. K. Page. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 50 (Autumn 1971): 91-92.
  • Procedures for Underground by Margaret Atwood
Correspondence
Critical Odyssey
By Peter Stevens
Published in Dorothy Livesay – Poetry of Politics and Love. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 47 (Winter 1971): 84-87.
  • Odysseus Ever Returning by George Woodcock
  • Hugh MacLennan by George Woodcock
  • Mordecai Richler by George Woodcock
Poetry
Ideas and Icons
By Peter Stevens
Published in Colonialism and Post-Colonialism. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 40 (Spring 1969): 76-78.
  • The Documentaries by Dorothy Livesay
  • The Owl Behind The Door by Stanley Cooperman
Literary Criticism Novel Short Fiction
The Poetic Vacation
By Peter Stevens
Published in The Relevance of Humour. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 39 (Winter 1969): 77-80.
  • Atlantis by Louis Dudek
  • Pictures On The Skin by Eldon Grier
  • Phrases From Orpheus by D. G. Jones
Poetry
New Shoots
By Peter Stevens
Published in Books of the Year. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 36 (Spring 1968): 83-85.
  • In the Balance by Violet Anderson
  • The Splintered Moon by Joy Kogawa (Author)
  • Extended by Dorothy Roberts
  • Shapes of Clay by Neil Tracy
Poetry
The Gospel According to Pop
By Peter Stevens
Published in Views of Leonard Cohen. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 34 (Autumn 1967): 91-93.
  • Abracadabra by John Robert Colombo
Poetry
On the Edge, On the Surface
By Peter Stevens
Published in New Wave in Canadian Poetry. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 32 (Spring 1967): 71-72.
  • The Circle Game by Margaret Atwood
  • Siilverthorn Bush and Other Poems by Robert Finch
Poetry
The Seriousness of Wit
By Peter Stevens
Published in Literary History in Canada. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 24 (Spring 1965): 75-76.
  • Penguin Modern Poets 4 by
Landscape/Space Poetry Twentieth Century
Quiet Voices
By Peter Stevens
Published in Contemporary Quebec Fiction. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 88 (Spring 1981): 155-156.
  • A Book Of The Hours by David Helwig
  • The Naming Of The Beasts by Francis Sparshott
  • Holes In Space by R. A. D. Ford

Articles by Peter Stevens

Perils of Compassion
By Peter Stevens
Published in Poets Past and Future. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 56 (Spring 1973): 61-70.
Poetry Prairie Writing
Dorothy Livesay: The Love Poetry
By Peter Stevens
Published in Dorothy Livesay – Poetry of Politics and Love. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 47 (Winter 1971): 26-43.
Literary Criticism
Canadian Artists as Writers
By Peter Stevens
Published in The Frontiers of Literature. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 46 (Autumn 1970): 19-34.
Poetry Women's Literature
The Writing of the Decade: 5. Criticism
By Peter Stevens
Published in Tenth Anniversary Issue. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 41 (Summer 1969): 131-138.
Art
On W. W. E. Ross
By Peter Stevens
Published in The Relevance of Humour. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 39 (Winter 1969): 43-61.
Poetry
In the Raw: The Poetry of A. W. Purdy
By Peter Stevens
Published in Poets Past and Present. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 28 (Spring 1966): 22-30.
Poetry
The Old Futility of Art: Knister's Poetry
By Peter Stevens
Published in Modern Canadian Poets. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 23 (Winter 1965): 45-52.
Poetry

Opinions by Peter Stevens

Semantic Chaos
By Peter Stevens
Published in Poetry of P. K. Page. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 50 (Autumn 1971): 94-94.
Poetry
A Counterblast to Mr. Bowering
By Peter Stevens
Published in Louis Dudek as Man of Letters. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 22 (Autumn 1964): 78-80.
Literary Criticism Nature Writing Poetry

Book Reviews of Peter Stevens's Works

Dorothy Livesay: Patterns in a Poetic Life
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Expansions by Claire Wilkshire
Out of the Willow Trees
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Going Back by Ann Munton
Biography Novel Poetry Speculative Fiction
Revenge of the Mistresses
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Night and Day by Charles R. Steele
Anthologies Poetry
Coming Back
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Parnassus Clearance by Peter Mitcham
Poetry
Family Feelings and Other Poems
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Handful of Dust by Linda Rogers
Poetry
a few myths
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Circumventing Dragons by Ralph Gustafson
Poetry
Nothing But Spoons
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Eclectic Publishing by Douglas Barbour
And the Dying Sky like Blood
By Peter Stevens
Reviewed in Purdy’s Prelude and Other Poems by George Woodcock
Poetry