Reviews arranged chronologically by Davenport book titles
Reviewed 1 Reviewed 2 Reviewed 3 Eclogues (1981) Anon., [untitled] Choice 19:6 (February 1982) 764.
Anon., [untitled] Virginia Quarterly Review 58:2 (Spring 1982) 55.
Bannon, Barbara, [untitled] Publishers Weekly 219:16 (April 17, 1981) 48.
Beye, Charles Rowan, "Extra Ecclesiam Non Est Salus" Parnassus 10:1 (Spring/Summer 1982) 75, 77-98. Review of four books: Davenport's Eclogues and The Geography of the Imagination, and A. D. Hope, The New Cratylus: Notes on a Craft of Poetry, and C. H. Sisson, The Avoidance of Literature: Collected Essays.
Brosnahan, J., [untitled] Booklist 77:19 (June 1, 1981) 1290.
Goldgar, Harry, "Davenport trio plays broad range" New Orleans Times-Picayune (January 10, 1982) section 3, p. 8. Also reviews The Geography of the Imagination and the Mimes of Herondas.
Howard, Richard, [untitled] The Nation 235:22 (December 25, 1982) 698. A succinct one-line review: " These offerings to the unknown Eros delighted me, in part because they baffled my diagnosis."
Kramer, Hilton, "After the Archaic" New York Times Book Review (September 6,1981) 7, 21.
Mars-Jones, Adam, "Whirlwinds of Attention" London Times Literary Supplement (March 8, 1985) ?264. Reviews also The Geography of the Imagination. Both books are reprints of earlier editions by Picador/Pan Books.
Portis, Rowe, [untitled] Library Journal 106:10 (May 5, 1981) 1096.
Quartermain, Peter, "Guy Davenport: Writing as Assemblage" Line: A Journal of the Contemporary Literature Collection 1(Spring 1983) 71-88. Simon Fraser University, British Columbia V5A 1 S6. A review of The Geography of the Imagination, Eclogues, Tatlin!, and Da Vinci’s Bicycle.
Steiner, George, "Rare Bird" The New Yorker 57:41 (November 30, 1981) 196 ff.
The Geography of the Imagination (1981) Anon., [untitled] Choice 19:7 (March 1982) 900.
Anon., [untitled] Publishers Weekly 219:7 (February 13, 1981) 82.
Anon., [untitled] Virginia Quarterly Review 58:1 (Winter 1982) 9.
Anon., [untitled] Washington Post Book World (April 26, 1992) 12. Re: Pantheon reissue.
Curley, Arthur, [untitled] Library Journal 106:9 (May 1, 1981) 975.
Dawson, Fielding, [untitled] The American Book Review 3 (May 1981) 4-5.
[G, A., untitled] Booklist 77:6 (April 15, 1981) 1135.
Goldgar, Harry, "Davenport trio plays broad range" New Orleans Times-Picayune (January 10, 1982) section 3, p. 8. Also reviews Eclogues and the Mimes of Herondas.
Kenner, Hugh, "A Geographer of the Imagination: The Astute Eye of Guy Davenport" Harper's 263:1575 (August 1981) 66-68.
Kramer, Hilton, "After the Archaic" New York Times (September 6, 1981) VII, 7, 21. Reviews Eclogues as well.
Lauzen, Sarah, "The House Jack Davenport Built" Salmagundi 57 (Summer 1982) 181-184.
McCoy, W. Keith, [untitled] The Reprint Bulletin: Book Reviews 27:2 (1982) 15.
Spector, Robert D., [untitled] World Literature Today 56:2 (Spring 1982) 342.
Steiner, George, "Rare Bird" The New Yorker 57:41 (November 30, 1981) 196 ff. Reviews Eclogues as well.
Watterson, William C., "A Mapping of the Mind" The New Leader 64:3 (June 29, 1981) 16-17.
West, Paul, "The Curious Treasures of Guy Davenport’s Mind" Washington Post Book World 11:36 (September 6, 1981) 4. Reviews Eclogues as well.
Wilson, Ellen, "Rubik Cubes" National Review 33:22 (November 13, 1981) 1358-1359.
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