An Annotated Bibliography of Works on P.K. Page (1985-2002)

The following bibliography was prepared by Erin Whitmore, a graduate student in the Canadian Studies and Native Studies Masters program at Trent University, under the supervision of Zailig Pollock. It consist of an update of "Part II: Works on PK. Page" of John Orange's bibliography in Volume 6 of the Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors. Each section of this bibliography is organized chronologically. We would like to thank Sandra Djwa, Cynthia Messenger, John Orange and Brian Trehearne for their comments and suggestions.

Articles and sections of Books

Bentley, D.M.R. "? Subtle Mourning': P.K. Page's 'The Permanent Tourists.'" In "Literary Theory in the Classroom: Three Views of P.K. Page's 'The Permanent Tourists.'" Canadian Poetry 19 (Fall-Winter 1986): 68-73.

Bentley undertakes a reading of Page's "The Permanent Tourists" in the context of the "baseland orientation in Canadian poetry." Bentley's analysis focusses primarily on instances of mise en paysage developing a "poem/photograph parallel" out of the "rectilinear stanzas," as well as the "modes of representation involved in the poem - poetry and photography." Included are excerpts from two letters written to Page, in which she is questioned concerning this "stanza/photograph parallel" and to which she replies "the rectangular stanzas - I may well have thought of them as photographs.... all I can say is that if I didn't think of it at the time, I should have!" Bentley studies in detail the penultimate stanza. Page's poem is a "product of high modernism" as is evidenced in its "elevated conception of art and the artist." Bentley concludes that despite the seeming "[inescapability] of being a permanent tourist," in poetry "of the baseland orientation ... in our encounters with fellow tourists, there will be at least moments of clairvoyance and empathy when gaps drop."