2. The following influences are traceable in his poetry: (1) Francis Thompson, Coventry Patmore, and earlier Catholic poets; (2) his mother’s musical talent; (3) his journalistic work; (4) the War.
3. Kilmer’s letters illustrate and explain the qualities of his work.
Bibliography
- Trees and Other Poems. 1915.
- Main Street and Other Poems. 1917.
- Joyce Kilmer, edited by Robert Cortes Holliday. 1918. (Poems, essays, and letters.)
- Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces. 1921.
Studies and Reviews
- Holliday, R. C. Memoir in Joyce Kilmer (listed in bibliography).
- Kilmer, Mrs. Annie Kilburn. Memories of my Son, Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, 1920.
- Ath. 1919, 2: 1220.
- Bookm. 48 (’18): 133 (portrait).
- Bookm. (Lond.) 56 (’19): 122; 57 (’19): 118.
- Cath. World, 100 (’14): 301; 108 (’18): 224.
- Lit. Digest, 58 (’18): Aug. 31, p. 36 (portrait); Sept. 7, pp. 32 (portrait), 42.
- Outlook, 120 (’18): 12, 16; 122 (’19): 467.
- Poetry, 11 (’18): 281; 13 (’18): 31. 149.
- R. of Rs. 58 (’18): 431 (portrait).
Step-daughter of Henry Mills Alden. Married in 1909 to Joyce Kilmer ([q. v.]).
Bibliography
- Candles that Burn. 1919.
- Vigils. 1921.