Peter Viereck Summary

Peter Robert Edwin Viereck was born in New York City. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1937 with a B.S. in history and literature. He did graduate work on a Henry fellowship at Chr... Read more

In the following review of Terror and Decorum, Rodman praises Viereck's first collection of poetry for being "so rich in experimental vigor." In ten years of reviewing verse. I ha... Read more

In the following essay, Hayward examines Viereck's insistence on making ethical judgments about poetry and considers his commitment to writing poetry that maintains a vital, active relationship... Read more

In the following excerpt from an essay, Green examines the political and moral elements in Viereck's poetry. … No one could accuse this history professor of neglecting the contest outsid... Read more

In the following review, Woods finds no dramatic structure to The Tree Witch, which Viereck intended as both a poem and a play. The Tree Witch is presented as "a poem and a play (first of all a... Read more

In the following review of New and Selected Poems: 1932-1967, Lierberman surveys Viereck's career commitment to both politics and poetry. The career in poetry of Peter Viereck, perhaps more tha... Read more

In the following review, Pettingell examines the grand ambitions of Archer in the Marrow: The Applewood Cycles and concludes that Viereck identifies art with morality. Two decades ago, Peter Viereck b... Read more

In the following review, Lind calls Archer in the Marrow: The Applewood Cycles a "philosophical poem" and suggests that it marks Viereck's return to German romanticism. There Are ... Read more

In the following review, Edmundson argues that despite the epic ambitions of Archer in the Marrow: The Applewood Cycles, the work does not represent a conceptual or poetic advance. Imagine a poem of e... Read more

In the following review, Pettingell calls Tide and Continuities: Last and First Poems 1995-1938 "a versatile and entertaining book" and suggests that the poetry in this volume represents... Read more

In the following review of Terror and Decorum, Johnston connects Viereck's first volume of poetry with his study of history and concludes that he is an author "perhaps a little too full&... Read more

In the following review of Strike through the Mask!, Rosenthal claims that he endured Viereck's "saucy banalities" in this volume for the sake of six or seven rich, suggestive poe... Read more

In the following excerpt from a review, Nemerov describes The First Morning as an uneven mixture of "witty and ingenious poems " with a large quantity of mediocre work. The poet's... Read more