Works By: |
| Anthology |
| A Book of New Zealand Verse, 1923-45. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1945. Voyager link |
| A good handful: great New Zealand poems about sex. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008. Voyager link |
| Auckland: the city in literature. Auckland: Exisle Publishing, 2003. Voyager link |
| Book of New Zealand Verse 1923-45. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1945. Voyager link |
| Look Back Harder : Critical Writings 1935-1984. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1987. Voyager link |
| Span 26; April (1989): 109-112. |
| Notes and Queries 36.2; June (1989): 278-279. |
| Listener 118.2486; October 10 (1987): 76-77. |
| Untold 9/10; (1988): 68-73. |
| Landfall 42; Sept (1988): 339-342. |
| Ariel 20.2; April (1989): 86-89. |
| World Literature Today 62; Summer (1988): 512-512. |
| Looking West, Late Afternoon, Low Water. Auckland: Holloway Press, 1994. Voyager link |
| Listener 148.2873; May 13 (1995): 53-53. |
| New Zealand Books 7.2; June (1997): 10-10. |
| Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1960: 38-39. Voyager link |
| The Awa Book of New Zealand Science. Wellington: N.Z. Awa Science, 2008. Voyager link |
| The nature of things: poems from the New Zealand landscape. Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing, 2005. Voyager link |
| Twenty contemporary New Zealand poets: an anthology. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2009. Voyager link |
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| Criticism |
| Landfall 1.15; Mar (1961): 77-79. |
| Comment 117.5; Oct (1963): 39-42. |
| "Denis Glover : an introduction to the poems." Islands 4/1.8/9; June (1981): 18-28. |
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| Drama |
| Bright Sky. UNPUBLISHED 1958. |
| Four Plays. Wellington, A.H. and A.W. Reed 1972. |
| Listener 70.1700; June 5 (1972): 48-48. |
| Moon Section. UNPUBLISHED 1959. |
| Landfall 51; Sept (1959): 269-271. |
| NZ Theatre 112; Dec (1959): 3-4. |
| "President of nowhere." Landfall 90; June (1969): 148-176. |
| The Overseas Expert. UNPUBLISHED 1961. |
| Listener 70.1700; June 5 (1972): 48-48. |
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| Essay |
| Coal Flat revisited. In: Critical Essays on the New Zealand novel. Auckland, Heinemann International 1976: 105-127. |
| Distraction and definition : centripetal directions in New Zealand poetry. In: National Identity : Papers Delivered at the Commonwealth Literature Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 9-15 August 1968. London, Heinemann 1970. |
| "Olson as oracle: projective verse thirty years on." Turnbull Library Record 15.1; May (1982): 31-44. |
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| Memoir |
| "R. A. K. Mason, 1905-1971 : some tributes." Landfall 25; (1971): 222-242. |
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| Non Fiction |
| "A dialogue by way of introduction." Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand 1; (1945): 1-8. Voyager link |
| New Zealand through the arts : past and present, Sir Tosswill Woollaston, Allen Curnow, Witi Ihimaera. Wellington: Friends of the Turnbull Library, 1982. Voyager link |
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| Obituary |
| "Denis Glover 1912-1980. Two funeral tributes." Listener 2121.6; September 6 (1980): 22-23. |
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| Photographs |
| "Photographs of Dylan Thomas." Landfall 29; Mar (1954): 16-17. |
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| Poetry |
| "...and the pain of finite hearts...." Kiwi 26; (1931): 19-19. |
| "A busy port." Sport 7; July (1991): 3-4. |
| "A busy port." Vital Writing 3; (1991): 65-66. |
| "A facing page." London Magazine 31.9/10; Dec/Jan (1991): 41-41. |
| "A scrap-book." London Review of Books 11; December 7 (1989): 23-23. |
| "A scrap-book." Landfall 44.3; Sept (1990): 267-268. |
| "A scrap-book." Vital Writing 2; (1990): 34-36. |
| A Small Room With Large Windows. London, Oxford University Press 1962. |
| Critical Quarterly Autumn (1963): 284-284. |
| Listener 47.1212; December 7 (1962): 18-19. |
| TLS (Times Literary Supplement) January 4 (1963): 10-10. |
| Landfall 17; Mar (1963): 26-45. |
| New Zealand Tablet May 8 (1963): 22-22. |
| New Zealand Poetry Yearbook 11; (1964): 24-24. |
| "A South Island nights entertainment." Sport 13; Spring (1994): 27-29. |
| "A Walk." Cornish Review 6; Winter (1950): 24-24. |
| Allen Curnow Selected Poems. Auckland, Penguin 1982. |
| New Outlook Summer (1982): 39-39. |
| Listener 103.2249; March 12 (1983): 5, 84-5, 84. |
| Landfall 37; Sept (1983): 362-371. |
| "An evening light." Sport 4; Autumn (1990). |
| An Incorrigible Music. Dunedin, Auckland University Press 1979. |
| Landfall 34; Mar (1980): 94-97. |
| Listener 93.2073; September 29 (1979): 80-81. |
| Islands 7; Nov (1979): 548-550. |
| Comment 9; Dec (1979): 32-34. |
| Reviews Journal 1; (1981): 57-60. |
| Another Argo : three poems from the Caxton Club Press. Christchurch, 1935. |
| Another Argo : Three Poems from the Caxton Club Press. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1935. |
| Tomorrow 50.1; (1935): 22-22. |
| Art in New Zealand 1.8; Sept (1935): 53-53. |
| "Another week-end at the beach." Sport 10; May (1993): 3-4. |
| "Another week-end at the beach." Listener 161.2999; October 25 (1997): -47. |
| At Dead Low Water, and Sonnets. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1949. |
| Landfall 4; June (1950): 164-166. |
| "At dead low water; Dunedin (for James K. Baxter)." Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand 1; (1945): 130-132. |
| "Attainment." Tomorrow 1.47; (1935): 19-19. |
| Best of Whim-Wham. Hamilton, Pauls Book Arcade 1959. |
| Landfall 14; (1960): 98-98. |
| Comment 3; Autumn (1960): 34-34. |
| Book of New Zealand Verse 1923-50. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1951. |
| "Calm." Phoenix 1.1; Mar (1932): 39-39. |
| "Chacun à son Gout." Canta 21.9; July (1950): 3, 26-3, 26. |
| Collected Poems 1933-1973. Wellington, A.H. and A.W. Reed 1974. |
| Islands 4.1; Autumn (1975): 68-75. |
| New Argot 3.2; May (1975): 9-10. |
| English in New Zealand July (1975): 40-40. |
| Listener 79.1858; July 12 (1975): 48-48. |
| "Come and Get it You Jokers." Salient 18.11; August 12 (1954): 9-9. |
| "Complaint." Tomorrow 1.31; (1935): 3-3. |
| Continuum : New and Later Poems 1972-1988. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1988. |
| National Business Review July 29 (1988): 42-42. |
| Metro 8.86; Aug (1988): 47-47. |
| Evening Post October 29 (1988): 29-29. |
| PPTA Journal 3; (1989): 47-47. |
| London Review of Books 11; February 16 (1989): 19-19. |
| Listener 124.2571; June 17 (1989): 66-66. |
| Landfall 43; Sept (1989): 360-367. |
| British Review of New Zealand Studies 2; Oct (1989): 87-91. |
| World Literature Today 63; Summer (1989): 538-538. |
| TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4495; May 26 (1989): 593-593. |
| Stand Magazine 32; Winter (1990): 24-24. |
| "Daily office." Tomorrow 1.11; (1934): 6-6. |
| "Defence policy." Tomorrow 4; (1938): 760-760. |
| "Drawing room window." Phoenix 2.1; Mar (1933): 43-43. |
| Early Days Yet : New and Collected Poems 1941-1997. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1997. |
| New Zealand Herald August 23 (1997): G: 6-G: 7. |
| Evening Post October 26 (1997): 5-5. |
| Listener October 25 (1997): 46-47. |
| Dominion November 8 (1997): 22-22. |
| Waikato Times November 15 (1997): 20-20. |
| New Zealand Books 7.5; Dec (1997): 3-4. |
| Otago Daily Times December 6 (1997): Sup. 6-Sup. 6. |
| World Literature Today 72.1; Winter (1998): 213-213. |
| Sunday Star Times February 1 (1998): F: 6-F: 6. |
| Landfall 195; Autumn (1998): 137-141. |
| Arena 54.1; Oct (1998). |
| "Egotism." Phoenix 1.1; Mar (1932): 25-25. |
| Enemies : Poems 1934-36. Christchurch, Caxton Club Press 1937. |
| Tomorrow 3; (1937): 414-414. |
| Spike 37.65; (1937): 51-51. |
| Spilt Ink 4.7; Apr/May (1937): 7-7. |
| "Fantasia and fugure for pan-pipes." Landfall 200; Nov (2000): 135-140. |
| "Flotsam." Tomorrow 2.29; (1936): 17-17. |
| "For a young city." Kiwi 26; (1931): 12-12. |
| "Four allegories and a picture : Genesis; With how mad steps; She sits with her two children; Then if this dies; All darkens but her image." Landfall 1.1; Mar (1947): 9-11. |
| "Four Pacific Sonnets (Tasman whose rigid brows; O rational successful hands; You had not heard that we still eat each other?; I swam between the northern and the southern teeth)." Books 5; Feb (1942): 8-8. |
| "Horizon’s hatred smites Magellan." Books 1; Mar (1941). |
| "Hot air force." Tomorrow 4; (1938): 531-531. |
| "In memorian RLMG; Old hand of the sea; Eden gate." Arts Year book 3; (1947): 153-154. |
| "In memory of Dylan Thomas." Landfall 29; Mar (1954): 6-9. |
| "In the day I had seen in a window a figure of the praying Christ." Kiwi 26; (1931): 51-51. |
| "Interval." Tomorrow 4; (1937): 15-15. |
| Island and Time. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1941. |
| Listener 4.103; June 13 (1941): 8-8. |
| New Triad 3.1; Jul/Aug (1941): 13-13. |
| Poetry Chicago 59; March 6 (1942): 343-343. |
| Jack Without Magic: Poems. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1946. |
| Listener 14.361; May 24 (1946): 22-22. |
| Landfall in Unknown Seas. UNPUBLISHED 1942. |
| Landfall 65; Mar (1963): 91-95. |
| "The two realities of N.Z. poetry." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 3; Sept (1965): 107-110. |
| "Looking west, late afternoon, low water.." Sport 12; Mar (1994): 63-65. |
| "Louis MacNeice." Landfall 18; (1964): 58-62. |
| "Lunar prospect.." Tomorrow 1.11; (1934): 3-3. |
| "Meditation on the Tenth Commandment." Tomorrow 1.45; (1935): 20-20. |
| "Mother and child." Tomorrow 4; (1938): 716-716. |
| Mr Huckster of 1958 : another and still happier little poem.... Auckland, Pilgrim Press 1958. |
| Not in Narrow Seas : Poems with Prose. Christchurch, Caxton Club Press 1939. |
| Tomorrow 5; (1939): 539-539. |
| "November elegy." Landfall 13; Mar (1950): 42-43. |
| "O can ye brew poisons." Tomorrow 4; (1937): 67-67. |
| On the Tour : Verwoerd Be Our Vaatchwoerd. Auckland, Pilgrim Press 1960. |
| "Parable." Tomorrow 1.13; (1934): 18-18. |
| Poems 1949-57. Wellington, Mermaid Press 1957. |
| Listener 38.964; February 7 (1958): 12-12. |
| Landfall 12; June (1958): 4, 181-4, 181. |
| TLS (Times Literary Supplement) June 13 (1958): 332-332. |
| Poetry Chicago 94; April 1 (1959): 44-44. |
| Numbers 10; Oct (1959): 62-63. |
| Poetry and Language. Christchurch, Caxton Club Press 1935. |
| Tomorrow 2.10; (1936): 20-21. |
| "Curnows answer to reviewer." Tomorrow 2.11; (1936): 24-24. |
| "Pot luck for the poet." Press January 13 (1934): 13-13. |
| Present for Hitler and Other Verses. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1940. |
| Recent Poems. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1941. |
| New Triad 12.2; May/June (1941): 19-19. |
| Listener 110.5; August 1 (1941): 15-15. |
| Poetry Chicago 6.59; Mar (1942): 343-343. |
| "Renunciation (Under the arch threaded by dreams)." Tomorrow 1.32; (1935): 3-3. |
| Sailing or Drowning : Poems. Wellington, Progressive Publishing Society 1946. |
| "Sea Tryst." Cornish Review 6; Winter (1950): 23-23. |
| Selected Poems 1940-1989. London, Viking 1990. |
| Books 3; Jan (1990): 20-20. |
| New Zealand Herald October 20 (1990): 2: 6-2: 6. |
| Evening Post October 26 (1990): 7-7. |
| Dominion Sunday Times November 4 (1990): 15-15. |
| Otago Daily Times December 19 (1990): 29-29. |
| Otago Daily Times February 16 (1991): 21-21. |
| Press February 9 (1991): 26-26. |
| Stand Magazine 33; Winter (1991): 20-20. |
| Spectator 269.8557; July 11 (1992): 34-34. |
| London Review of Books 12; June 14 (1990): 18-18. |
| TLS (Times Literary Supplement) September 14 (1990): 978-978. |
| "Sestina (Keep on looking and you may find mountains)." Tomorrow 4; (1938): 440-440. |
| "Six poems from the Maori. (Ritual chant of fire and water; An ancient flute song; Chant before battle; Reply to a marriage proposal; Tipare o niu; Lament for Te Huhu.)
." Landfall 41; Mar (1957): 4-9. |
| "Song for her approach." Tomorrow 1.32; (1935): 3-3. |
| "Songs from the Maori.(Lament of Rewa, Song by a Puhi, Lament for Te Aoturoa.)
." Landfall 16; (1962): 20-20. |
| "Ten steps to the sea." Sport 20; Autumn (1998): 5-7. |
| The Axe : a Verse Tragedy. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1949. |
| Here and Now Sept (1953): 32-32. |
| Craccum 28.10; September 17 (1953): 11-11. |
| Canta 19.2; March 24 (1948): 4-4. |
| Listener 23.585; September 8 (1950): 12-12. |
| Landfall 5; Mar (1951): 65-67. |
| Parsons Packet 27; Mar/April (1954): 2-2. |
| Landfall 2; (1948): 136-136. |
| The Bells of Saint Babels: poems 1997-2001. Auckland, Auckland University Press 2001. |
| New Zealand Memories 39; Dec/Jan (2002): 68-68. |
| Evening Post April 6 (2001): 5-5. |
| Listener 178.3178; April 7 (2001): 58-59. |
| Dominion April 7 (2001): 28-28. |
| New Zealand Herald May 26 (2001): E: 6-E: 6. |
| Sunday Star Times June 3 (2001): F: 2-F: 2. |
| Press July 7 (2001): sup. 24-sup. 25. |
| Otago Daily Times July 26 (2001): 23-23. |
| New Zealand Books 11.3; Aug (2001): 13-13. |
| New Zealand Books 11.3; Aug (2001): 12-12. |
| English in Aotearoa 44; Sept (2001): 76-76. |
| JAAM: just another art movement 17; May (2002): 256-263. |
| "The cake uncut." Sunday Star Times January 2 (2000): sup. 14-sup. 15. |
| "The changeling." Arts Year book 7; (1951): 97-98. |
| "The disintegrating thought." Tomorrow 4; (1937): 55-55. |
| "The eve is more or less satisfied with seeing." Landfall 40; Dec (1956): 318-318. |
| "The eyes unseeing (Prize Serious Verse)." Kiwi 26; (1931): 14-14. |
| "The four last things (Hell, Heaven, Death, Judgment)." Canterbury College Review 86; Sept (1934): 26-26. |
| The Hucksters and the University : or, Out of Site, Out of Mind; or Up Queen Street Without a Paddle. A happy little poem for all the family ... read by the author at a public poetry reading in the Auckland City Art Gallery on 24 May, 1957... Auckland, Pilgrim Press 1957. |
| Canta October 2 (1958): 6-6. |
| "The kindest thing." Sport 19; Spring (1997): 6-8. |
| "The last phase." Tomorrow 4; (1937): 92-92. |
| "The loop in Lone Kauri Road." Islands 2.2; April (1985): 28-29. |
| The Loop in Lone Kauri Road. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1986. |
| Poetry review 78.1; Spring (1988): 34-35. |
| Listener 114.2434; October 11 (1986): 69-71. |
| Landfall 40; Dec (1986): 502-506. |
| TLS (Times Literary Supplement) July (1987): 823-823. |
| Canadian Literature Autumn (1989): 303-303. |
| The Scrap-book. Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press 1996. |
| "The Seascape, Musical criticism.." New Zealand New Writing 1; (1942). |
| "The sword and the bomb." Tomorrow 4; (1938): 664-664. |
| "The unclosed door; Investigations at the Public Baths; A facing page." Sport 8; Autumn (1992): 77-80. |
| "The usurper." Tomorrow 1.47; (1935): 16-16. |
| Three poems: Aspect of Monism, Restraint, The Wilderness. Christchurch, Caxton Club Press 1935. |
| Art in New Zealand 8.1; Sept (1935): 53-53. |
| Trees, Effigies, Moving Objects : a Sequence. Wellington, Cats Paw Press 1972. |
| Landfall 27; March 5 (1973): 70-70. |
| Listener 72.1744; April 16 (1973): 45-45. |
| Islands 2; Winter (1973): 204-206. |
| "Unemployed." Tomorrow 3; (1937): 778-778. |
| Valley of Decision : Poems. Auckland, Auckland University College Students Association Press 1933. |
| Art in New Zealand 6.3; Mar (1934): 150-150. |
| "Via recta." Kiwi 28; (1933): 14-14. |
| "What better wish." Kiwi 26; (1931): 24-24. |
| "When and where." Best New Zealand Poems (2001). |
| Whim Wham Land. Auckland, B. & J. Paul 1967. |
| New Zealand Monthly Review 79; June (1967): 26-26. |
| Whim-Wham. Verses, 1941-42. Christchurch, Caxton Press 1942. |
| Whim-Wham. Verses, 1943. Wellington, Progressive Publishing Society 1943. |
| "Wicked words." Tomorrow 2.23; (1936): 16-16. |
| You Will Know When You Get There : Poems 1979. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1982. |
| Listener 102.2226; September 25 (1982): 94-95. |
| Craccum 24; October 5 (1982): 21-21. |
| Landfall 36; Dec (1982): 479-502. |
| London Magazine 22.11; Feb (1983): 79-81. |
| Reviews Journal 1; July (1983): 12-14. |
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Works about: |
| Anthology |
| Simpson, Peter. Allen Curnow. In: In the Same Room : Conversations with New Zealand Writers. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1992. |
| Aotearoa Neuseeland. Edition Klaus Isele, Eggingen, 1994. |
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| Article |
| Bertram, James. "University poetry 1931." Phoenix 1.1; Mar (1932). |
| McCormick, E.H. Letters and Art in New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1940. |
| Brasch, Charles. "Notes." Landfall 9; Mar (1949): 3-6. |
| Hilliard, Noel. "New Zealands Jim Crow versebook." Here and Now 3.2; Nov (1952): 30-31. |
| Reid, Ian. "Curnow and the penguins." Comment 30; April (1967): 31-33. |
| Baysting, Arthur. "Poet on his plays." Listener March 7 (1969): 9-9. |
| Gifkins, Michael. "Bookmarks : Reception in Europe." Listener 2470.116; June 27 (1987): 80-80. |
| Gifkins, Michael. "Bookmarks : Winners and losers." Listener 117.2471; July 4 (1987): 50-50. |
| Williams, Mark. "On the margins? : New Zealand little magazines from Freed to And." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 5; (1987): 73-91. |
| McLeod, Marion. "This week : Looking both ways." Listener 118.2493; November 21 (1987): 8-8. |
| "The strong voice of literature." Arts Times 13; Jul/Aug (1988): 8-8. |
| Croot, C. "Curnow : fresh poet of the 80s." Otago Daily Times April 26 (1989): 30-30. |
| "NZ poet wins prize." Press May 20 (1989): 4-4. |
| Verdon, Tony. "NZ poet wins Queens Medal." Evening Post August 25 (1989): 17-17. |
| Reynolds, Ted. "Poets works essential read.." New Zealand Herald July 8 (1989): 2: 6-2: 6. |
| Bowron, Jane. "Curnow honoured for literary work." Dominion February 7 (1990): 12-12. |
| Booth, P. "Our living treasures : Allen Curnow." North and South Jan (1990): 68-69. |
| Ross, Frances. "Queen invests Frame and Curnow." Dominion February 15 (1990): 3-3. |
| Stead, C.K. "How to read Curnow : a note on The parakeets at Karekare." Verse 8.2; Summer (1991): 21-23. |
| Rowse, A.L. "Voice of New Zealand : the poetry of Allen Curnow." Contemporary Review 259; July (1991): 37-39. |
| Rowse, A.L. "Voice of New Zealand : the poetry of Allen Curnow." Verse 8.2; Summer (1991). |
| Stratford, Stephen. "Literary landscapes." Metro 141; Mar (1993): 100-108. |
| Nadley, Allan. "Scaling new heights." Symphony Quarterly 3; Oct (1994): 44-44. |
| Shieff, Sarah. "The varieties of cultural nationalism : Landfall in unknown seas 1942-1995." Span 39; Oct (1994): 29-55. |
| Smith, Charmian. "Focus on top NZ poet at conference." Otago Daily Times August 30 (1996): 17-17. |
| Braunias, Steve. "Sweating poesy." Metro 178; April (1996): 76-80. |
| Richards, Max. "Allen Curnow : New Zealands major poet." Quadrant 44.9; Sept (2000): 66-66. |
| Caffin, Elizabeth. "Publishing Curnow." Journal of New Zealand Literature 18-19; (2000): 1-13. |
| "Elder statesman of New Zealand poetry dies." Press September 25 (2001): 9-9. |
| Brown, James. "E and oe.." Landfall 207; May (2004): 111-113. |
| McAllister, Janet. Friends and foes. July 9 2005: 22-23. |
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| Biography |
| Roddick, A. Allen Curnow. Oxford University Press, Wellington, 1980. |
| O'Brien, Gregory. Moments of invention: portraits of 21 New Zealand writers. Heinemann Reed, Auckland, 1988. |
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| Criticism |
| Sturm, Terry. "New Zealand poetry and the Depression." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 2; Dec (1966): 124-137. |
| Stead, C.K. In the Glass Case: Essays on New Zealand Literature. Auckland University Press : Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1982. |
| Leggott, Michele. "Joker - playing poetry in the Eighties: Manhire, Curnow, Stead, Horrocks." World Literature Written in English 1.23; Winter (1984): 154-164. |
| Stead, C.K. Answering to the Language : essays on modern writers. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1989. |
| Johnston, Andrew. "Entertaining possibilities: six contemporary New Zealand poets." Meanjin 51.3; (1993): 641-652. |
| Riach, Alan. James K. Baxter and the dialect of the tribe. In Opening the book: new essays on New Zealand writing. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1995. |
| Leggott, Michele. Opening the Book: New Essays on New Zealand Writing. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1995. |
| Calder, Alex. Sacrifice and signification in the poetry of Allen Curnow. In: Opening the Book: New Essays on New Zealand Writing. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1995: 83-104. |
| James, Trevor. Pitched at the furthest edge: religious presence and the landscape in contemporary New Zealand poetry. In: Mapping the Sacred: Religion, Geography and Postcolonial Literatures. Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2001: 131-152. |
| Stead, C.K. Kin of Place. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2002. |
| Stead, C.K. Fifty years ago: some images of the young poet and his elders, Brasch, Curnow, Sargeson. Hocken Library, Dunedin, 2006. |
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| Essay |
| Plomer, William. "Some books from New Zealand." Folios of New Writing Autumn (1941): 55-61. |
| "Allen Curnows poetry." Landfall 17; Mar (1963): 26-45. |
| Gurr, A.J. "The two realities of New Zealand poetry." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 2; Dec (1965): 124-137. |
| Sturm, Terry. "Fictions and realities: an approach to Allen Curnows Trees, effigies...." World Literature Written in English 14; April (1975): 25-50. |
| Robertson, R.T. "One of these islands: the special relation of New Zealand literature to New World Literature in English." Literary Half-Yearly 18.1; (1978): 83-97. |
| Jackaman, R. "An impossible freedom : some thoughts on the poetry of Allen Curnow." Pilgrims 9; (1980): 61-68. |
| Wieland, J. "Realitys Adam - a study of the place of myth in the poetry of Allen Curnow." Landfall 34; Dec (1980): 385-398. |
| Sarma, S. Krishna. All earth an island : island imagery in Allen Curnows poetry. In: Alien voices : Perspectives on Commonwealth Literature.. Print House, 1981: 167-178. |
| Allen Curnow : poet of the real. in In the Glass Case. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1981. |
| Stead, C.K. From Wystan to Carlos - modern and Modernism in recent New Zealand poetry. In: In the Glass Case. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1981. |
| Wards, I. McL. "Introduction." Turnbull Library Record 1.15; May (1982): 11-13. |
| Arvidson, Ken O. "Curnow, Stead and O'Sullivan : major sensibilities in New Zealand poetry." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 1; (1983): 31-48. |
| Horrocks, Roger. "The invention of New Zealand." And 1; Aug (1983): 9-30. |
| Sharrad, Paul. Allen Curnow : theologian manque. in Poetry of the Pacific Region. CRNLE Adelaide, Adelaide, 1984: 57-64. |
| James, Trevor. "Religious awareness in New Zealand poetry : a problem for the imagination." World Literature Written in English 24.2; Autumn (1984): 429-443. |
| Davis, Leigh. "Solo Curnow." And 3; Oct (1984): 49-62. |
| Wallace-Crabbe, Chris. "That second body : an Australian view of Allen Curnows progress." Ariel 16.4; Oct (1985): 67-75. |
| Burman, E. "The culminating sacrifice : an interpretation of Allen Curnows Moro assassinato.." Landfall 39; Mar (1985): 22-36. |
| Simpson, Peter. "A checklist of Allen Curnows critical prose." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 4; (1986): 48-55. |
| Simpson, Peter. "The trick of standing upright: Allen Curnow and James K. Baxter." World Literature Written in English 26.2; Autumn (1986): 369-378. |
| James, Trevor. "Errors and omissions excepted : Allen Curnows philosophical scepticism." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 22.1; (1987): 55-72. |
| Renwick, W.L. "Show us these islands and ourselves - give us a home in thought." New Zealand Journal of History 21.2; Oct (1987): 197-214. |
| Alcock, Peter. "Surveys: 1985-1986 : Rites of passage : New Zealand poetry in transition 1985-1987 : part 1, January 1985 - June 1986." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 5; (1987): 29-44. |
| Menzies, Trixie Te Arama. "Kowhai gold - skeleton or scapegoat?." Landfall 42.1; Mar (1988): 19-26. |
| Riach, Alan. "Lawful inheritance : Allen Curnows Look Back Harder." Untold 9/10; (1988): 68-73. |
| Wevers, Lydia. "A partial version of the facts : a conversation between Anne French and Lydia Wevers." Landfall 43.3; Sept (1989): 310-327. |
| Stead, C.K. Second wind : Allen Curnows Continuum. In: Answering to the Language. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1989. |
| Jackson, Mac. "Still reflecting : Curnows Continuum." Landfall 43.3; Sept (1989): 360-367. |
| Riach, Alan. "Stranger eyes : Charles Olson, Pacific Man, and some aspects of New Zealand poetry." Landfall 43; Mar (1989): 57-73. |
| Riach, Alan. "New Zealand poetry from then till now : Wordsworths last stand." British Review of New Zealand Studies 3; Dec (1990): 77-86. |
| Stead, C.K. "Fear of flying." Metro 118; April (1991): 128-131. |
| Pocock, J.G.A. "Instant history : Allen Curnow in Christchurch." London Magazine 31.9; Dec/Jan (1991): 44-52. |
| Miller, Christopher. "The essentials first : Allen Curnow as Post-Modernist." Verse 8.2; Summer (1991): 13-20. |
| Flaherty, M. "Where tomorrow encloses me now : Allen Curnows recent poetry of recollection." Verse 8.2; Summer (1991): 7-12. |
| Pound, Francis. Distance looks our way. In: La Distancia mira hacia nosotros : 10 artistas de Nueva Zelanda = Distance looks our way : 10 artists from New Zealand. The Distance Looks our Way Trust, Wellington, 1992: 21-30. |
| Johnston, A. "Entertaining possibilities." Literary Half Yearly New Zealand Number 23.1; Jan (1992): 18-31. |
| Hulse, Michael. "Allen Curnow, memory and the Avro 504k." CRNLE Reviews Journal 1; (1993): 90-102. |
| Simpson, Peter. "Ways to the museyroom : poetry anthologies in the fifties." Landfall 185; April (1993): 95-105. |
| Simpson, Peter. Allen Curnow : a loop in the road. In: The Loop in Lone Kauri Road. A catalogue. Lopdell House Gallery/Waitakere Centre for the Arts, Waitakere City, 1995: 5-16. |
| Murray, Stuart. "Writing an islands story : the 1930s poetry of Allen Curnow." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 30.2; (1995): 25-43. |
| Roberts, Hugh. "Accurate misquotation - a blast from the present : an appreciation of Allen Curnow." New Zealand Books 6.1; Mar (1996): 1, 4-1, 5. |
| Bayley, John. "A count of three." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 136-145. |
| O'Sullivan, Vincent. "About my fathers business, or, Whose word is it anyway? A footnote to Luke 2:49." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 1-15. |
| Norgate, James. "Challenging discourses in Allen Curnows poetry." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 1-15. |
| Geraets, John. "Curnow/Curnow." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 114-135. |
| Simpson, Peter. "Curnow/Glover, poet/printer : a documentary bibliography, 1933-73." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 40-74. |
| Broughton, W. S. "Curnow's anthologies and the strange case of Walter DArcy Cresswell." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 26-39. |
| Roddick, Alan. "Dead on time : A reliable service.." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 146-163. |
| Waite, Noel. "Poetry and Language & typography." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 16-25. |
| Armstrong, Philip. "Trees, galleries, moving subjects : colonialism and the gaze in Curnows later poems." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 15; (1997): 95-113. |
| Murray, Stuart. Allen Curnow: hammering unities and risky horizons. In: Never a Soul at Home: New Zealand literary nationalism and the 1930s. Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1998. |
| Dolan, John. "A war between the mind and the sky : the praeteritic antithesis in Curnow & Stevens." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 17; (1999): 3-25. |
| Armstrong, Philip. "Dis/coveries: Allen Curnows later poems." The Journal of Commonwealth Literature 7.2; Spring (1999). |
| Robinson, Peter. "Allen Curnow travels." English: the journal of the English Association 49.193; Spring (2000): 39-63. |
| Newton, John. "Ghost-town and competences : teaching historical discontinuity." English in Aotearoa 41; Sept (2000): 21-27. |
| Faherty, Michael. "Knowing your Katholou from your Hekasta: the practical poetics of Allen Curnow and Ezra Pound." Ariel: a review of international English literature 31.3; July (2000): 53-74. |
| Newton, John. "The South Island myth: a short story." Australian Canadian Studies : A Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences 18.1-2; (2000): 23-29. |
| Evans, Patrick. " A very emotional person as well : Allen Curnow, 1911-2001.." Landfall 203; Autumn (2002): 9-21. |
| Wilson, Janet. The abject and sublime: enabling conditions of New Zealands postcolonial identity. In Postcolonial Cultures and Literatures. Lang, New York, 2002. |
| Roberts, Hugh. "The same people living in different places: Allen Curnows Anthology and New Zealand literary history." Modern Language Quarterly: A Journal of Literary History MLQ 64.2; June (2003): 219-237. |
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| Interview |
| Marsh, Ngaio. "A dialogue by way of introduction. Allen Curnow; Ngaio Marsh." Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand 1; (1945): 1-8. |
| "Poet in a laboratory." Listener June 2 (1950): 7-7. |
| Baxter, James K. "Writers in conference." Here and Now 9; June (1951): 27-28. |
| Ricketts, Harry. Allen Curnow. In: Talking About Ourselves : Twelve New Zealand Poets in Conversation with Harry Ricketts. Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1986. |
| Ricketts, Harry. "Looking back at Curnow, harder." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 5; (1987): 29-44. |
| Simpson, Peter. "Allen Curnow talks to Peter Simpson." Landfall 44.3; Sept (1990): 296-313. |
| Stead, C.K. "Birthday celebrates a lifetime of poetry and influence." Dominion Sunday Times June 23 (1991): 11-11. |
| Alley, Elizabeth. In the Same Room: Conversations with New Zealand Writers. Auckland University Press, Asheville, 1992. |
| Welch, Denis. "From unknown seas to tidal pools." Listener August 25 (2001): 58-60. |
| Braunias, Steve. "C K, 70." Listener January 11 (2003): 58-61. |
| Moore, Christopher. "Taken in stride." Press (2005): D13. |
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| Memoir |
| Smither, Elizabeth. "A memoir." Verse 8.2; Summer (1991): 33-35. |
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| Motion Picture |
| Horrocks, Shirley. Early Days Yet. TV ONE, 2001. |
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| Non Fiction |
| MacKay, Frank. New Zealand Poetry: an Introduction Through the Discussion of Selected Poems. NZ University Press : Price Milburn, Wellington, 1970. |
| Wieland, J. The ensphering mind : history, myth and fictions in the poetry of Allen Curnow, Nissim Ezekiel, A.D. Hope, A.M. Klein, Christopher Okigbo and Derek Walcott. Three Continents Press, Washington, D.C., 1988. |
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| Obituary |
| Jackson, Mac. "Allen Curnow." University of Auckland News Oct (2001): 20-20. |
| Stead, C.K. "Allen Curnow." The Independent September 28 (2001). |
| Schmidt, Michael. "Allen Curnow : New Zealand poet who took an optimistic vision of his homeland to the world." The Guardian September 28 (2001). |
| Sturm, Terry. "Count on poets enduring legacy of true life in NZ." Sunday Star Times September 30 (2001): C: 7-C: 7. |
| Quirke, Michelle. Curnow, poet and gentleman. September 25 2001: 6-6. |
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| Photographs |
| Firth, Clifton. "[Photographs].." Landfall 12; Dec (1949): 328-329. |
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| Poetry |
| Grant, A.K. "Well-chosen verse." Listener 120.2502; February 6 (1988): 35-35. |
| Porter, Peter. "Poems addressed to Curnow." Verse 8.2; Summer (1990): 24-36. |
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| Profile |
| Fairburn, A.R.D. "New Zealanders you should know: Mr Allen Curnow." Action Dec (1944): 35-37. |
| Jackson, Mac. "Conversation with Allen Curnow." Islands 2; Winter (1973): 142-162. |
| Sturm, Terry. "Allen Curnow: forty years of poems." Islands 4; Autumn (1975): 68-75. |
| Davidson, John. "Venus is rising : the goddess in New Zealand poetry." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 15.1; Aug (1980): 97-106. |
| Reid, T. "Allen Curnow : identity in isolation." Listener 103.2249; March 12 (1983): 34-35. |
| Cross, Robert. Moments of Invention : Portraits of 21 New Zealand Writers. Heinemann, Auckland, 1988. |
| Hulse, Michael. "Some remarks on Allen Curnow.." Verse 8.2; Summer (1991): 37-39. |
| McLauchlan, Gordon. "Another from the laureate." New Zealand Herald August 23 (1997): G: 2-G: 2. |
| Wright, F. W. Nielsen. Leviathan Beached: a brief study of Allen Curnow. Cultural and Political Booklets, Wellington, 1997. |
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| Thesis |
| Armstrong, Philip. Panic of another description : the eye and the gaze in Allen Curnow. University of Auckland, Auckland, 1991. |
| Hoek, David. The retrospective arrangement : Allen Curnow, Selected poems 1940-89. University of Auckland, Auckland, 1996. |
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