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    1. Joy Davidman, Poet: "Letter to a Comrade" 2012

      King, Don W.

      Christianity & Literature, Vol. 62, Issue 1, pp. 63 - 94.

      Although best known as the wife of C. S. Lewis, Joy Davidman was a gifted writer. In particular she was a very good poet; her Letter to a Comrade (1938) won both the Yale Younger Poet competition a... Read more

      Although best known as the wife of C. S. Lewis, Joy Davidman was a gifted writer. In particular she was a very good poet; her Letter to a Comrade (1938) won both the Yale Younger Poet competition and the Russell Loines Memorial award for poetry given by the National Institute of Arts and Letters. In this essay I sketch the development of Davidman as a poet, explore a thematic discussion of the poems in Letter to a Comrade, and offer a brief critical assessment of the volume as a whole. Read less

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    2. Joy Davidman 2009

      The Thomas Wolfe Review, Vol. 33, p. 160.

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    3. Into the Lion's Den: Joy Davidman and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2011

      King, Don W

      Mythlore, Vol. 30, Issue 115/116, p. 91.

      The critical success of her volume of poetry, letter to a Comrade (1938), gave proof both to her Communist convictions and her poetic prowess.1 Within a short time of joining the Communist Party of... Read more

      The critical success of her volume of poetry, letter to a Comrade (1938), gave proof both to her Communist convictions and her poetic prowess.1 Within a short time of joining the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), Davidman, eager to use her talents as a writer, looked for a way to help. Since she had become a regular reader of the semiofficial weekly publication of the CPUSA, New Masses, she made her way to the offices of NM in New York City and offered her services. 2 Almost immediately she was brought on board as a poetry editor, and she threw herself at contributing to NM via both her own poetry and her publication of poems by others.3 Poetry was not the only literary contribution Davidman made to NM; it was her facility as a book, theater, and movie reviewer- especially the latterthat best portrays her contribution to the cause.4 However, from June through December 1939 there was a significant gap in Davidman's appearance in NM: she moved to Hollywood, lured by the $50 a week offered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as a part of its Junior Writer Project, an effort intended to develop young screenwriters.5 In what follows, I explore why Davidman's tenure at MGM was unsuccessful, including her personal unhappiness and rejection of the Hollywood ethos as well as her later acerbic writings about the film industry, focusing particularly upon its political conservatism, its racism, and its sexism. [...]she is not always caustic and can be quite generous; for example, about Out of the Fog she says: "[It] is so good as to leave this reviewer without a chance to exercise her poison pen. [...]she often writes about the technical excellences or failures of a film, including writing, lighting, camera angles, editing, musical scores, and direction; another way to put this is that she took her craft as a movie reviewer seriously, relying upon her Hollywood experience for the technical insights she makes on a film under review. [...]she treats film as art; accordingly, she tries to write movie reviews that respect film for its potential to move viewers toward a great understanding of the human condition. Read less

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    1. Letter to a comrade.

      With a foreword by Stephen Vincent Benét.

      Online Resources PS3507 .A6659 L4 1971 ebook | Book

    2. A naked tree : love sonnets to C. S. Lewis and other poems

      Joy Davidman ; Edited by Don W. King.

      Online Resources PS3507 .A6659 A6 2015 ebook | Book

    3. Yet one more spring : a critical study of Joy Davidman

      Don W. King.

      Online Resources PS3507 .A6659 Z75 2015 ebook | Book

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