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Article: Selected Poems.(New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith)(Book Review)
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- Hollins Critic
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- June 1, 1989
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Selected Poems. H. D. (edited and with an introduction by Louis L. Martz). New York: New Directions. $18.95; $8.95 (pa.)
New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith. Stevie Smith (selected by Griselda Ohannessian). New York: New Directions. $18.95; $7.95 (pa.)
Ten thousand blessings on New Directions Books! What makes it onto course syllabi--which all too often means what we believe we ought to read--is decided by what's in print. The real determinant of canonicity, then, falls dangerously close to the bottom line. But now New Directions, faithful publisher of both H. D. and Stevie Smith, presents us with these comprehensive samplings of two of the major poets of ...