Bibliography

D. Articles, essays, stories, letters: contributions to periodicals, books and to biographical dictionaries

D. I. Periodicals, 1: Articles, Essays, Stories
[To 1926 as Laura Riding Gottschalk; 1927-1939 as Laura Riding or L.R., also Madeleine Vara (pseudonym) or M.V.; from 1963, as Laura (Riding) Jackson-though two early occurrences noted below use brackets not parentheses]

1925 - 1974 | 1975 - 1991 | 1992 - 2001

1975-1979

'Correspondence: On Ambiguity' [article in letter form], Modern Language Quarterly, 36, March 1975, pp. 102-106.

'Dr. Gove And The Future Of English Dictionaries', with 'Supplementary Comment Concerning George Watson's Thinking On Noam Chomsky', Denver Quarterly, 10(1), Spring 1975, pp. 1-18; 19-25.

'Neglected Books', Antaeus, 20, Winter 1976, pp. 155-157.

'Bertrand Russell, And Others: The Idea Of The Master-Mind', Antaeus, 21-22, Spring-Summer 1976, pp. 125-135.

'Looking Back, Looking Forward', Stand, 17(3), 1976, pp. 40-42.

'Foreword', Chelsea 35, 1976, p. 12.

'It Has Taken Long--', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 13-14.

'Positions', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 15-20.

'Habits Of Linguistic Curtailment', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 22-42.

'Towards The Creation Of A Consciousness Of The Linguistic Ineptitude Of Certain Uses of 'Create', Etc....', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 43-47.

'Twentieth-Century Literary Individualism: A Series Of Considerations' [1-4 (of 8)], Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 48-59.

'The Matter Of Metaphor', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 60-63.

Poetry Log: Random Choices: 'As To Certain Conditions Governing Poem-Making'; 'On Thought, In A Poem'; 'Not Mere Vulgarity'; 'The Road To, In, And Away From, Poetry'; 'Poetry As The Redemption Of Language'; 'On D.H. Lawrence As Poet'; 'To A Friend--On Myth'; 'On Women'; 'To A Young Scholastic'; 'A Comment On A Book Of Poems'; 'To Someone As To The Poet Ted Hughes', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 64-79.

'Incidental Essay On Story', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 82-86.

'For Later Readers Of The Presented Four Stories' ['In The Beginning'; 'Eve's Side Of It'; 'Privateness'; 'In The End'], Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 101-107.

'The Writing Of A Trojan Ending Compared With That Of Progress Of Stories', Chelsea 35, 1976, p. 117.

'Story, And Story-Style: Critical Miniatures' [1-5], Chelsea 35,1976, pp. 136-158.

[An Awkward Story], Chelsea 35, 1976, p. 159.

'From The Introduction [To Praeterita]', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 162-166.

'Hart Crane: The Pity Of It', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 167-176.

'As To Published In Paris', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 177-181.

'The Robert Graves Mystique', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 182-189.

'Open Confidences: Dedicated To All The Honorable': I, Of 1962; II, Of 1966; III, The Late 60's; IV, 'As There Was Less And Less Of Self-Separating, Incidental, Thought, In My Thought', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 192-224.

'Conclusory: A Letter For Everyone', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 225-226.

'Note [On A Check-List Of My Writings By Joyce Wexler]', Chelsea 35, 1976, pp. 238-239.

'The 'Right English' Of Charles M. Doughty', University of Toronto Quarterly, 46(4), Summer 1977, pp. 309-321.

'Suitable Criticism', University of Toronto Quarterly, 47(1), Fall 1977, pp. 74-85.

'Some Notes On Poetry And Poets In This Century, And My Influence', P.N.Review, 9, 1979, pp. 21-23.

1980-1991

'Literary News As Literary History: Chapter for a Book of Memoirs', Massachusetts Review, 21(4), Winter 1980, pp. 663-691.

'Christmastime' [story, with note], Grand Street, 1(2), Winter 1982, pp. 61-62.

'The Missing Story', Grand Street, 1(3), Spring 1982, pp. 69-84.

'Interest: from a Book of Memoirs', Massachusetts Review, 23(3), Autumn 1982, pp. 447-459.

'Backgrounds (a Chapter from a Book of Memoirs)', Glasgow Magazine, 1 ,Winter 1982/83, pp. 23-44.

[Selections reprinted from 'It Has Taken Long' (Chelsea 35, 1976)], Chelsea 42-43, 1983, pp. 302-319.

'Why So Much Talk About Language In Our Time?', P.N.Review, 32,1983, pp. 35-38.

'On C.M. Doughty', P.N.Review, 35, 1983, pp. 34-38.

'Engaging In The Impossible', Sulfur 10, 1984, pp. 4-35.

'Is There A World For Literature?--Is There Literature For A World?', with 'Afterthought', Chelsea 44, 1985, pp. 14-30.

'Christopher C. Norris On The Telling: Irrelevancy As Critical Economy', and 'Response To Mr. Norris' [in 'An Exchange: Laura (Riding) Jackson and Christopher C. Norris'], Language and Style, 19(2), Spring 1986, pp. 196-216.

'Twentieth-Century Change In The Idea of Poetry, And Of The Poet, And Of The Human Being', P.N.Review, 57, 1987, pp. 71-88.

'Introduction To A Book Of Later-Life Commentaries', Sulfur 20, Fall 1987, pp. 86-109.

'As To A Certain Poem & Poetry', Chelsea 47, 1988, pp. 4-5. [The poem is 'Lamenting The Terms Of Modern Praise', here first printed: see Section C, above]

'Interview With Laura (Riding) Jackson', conducted by Elizabeth Friedmann, Chelsea 49, 1990, pp. 3-27. [also published as] 'Laura (Riding) Jackson In Conversation with Elizabeth Friedmann', P.N.Review, 78, March-April 1991, pp. 67-76.

'The Only Possible Ending', P.N.Review, 78, March-April 1991, pp. 76-77.

'Miscellaneous Letters to S.R. and E.F.'; 'Judgement Of One Another'; 'As To Photographs' [in 'Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991): a portfolio'], Chelsea 52, 1991, pp. 47-67, 68, 80.

1925 - 1974

1992 - 2001