Robertus Peters

Robertus Ludovicus Peters (Eagle River Visconsiniae 20 Octobris 1924; 13 Iunii 2014) fuit poeta, iudex litterarum, eruditus, scriptor scaenicus, editor, et histrio Americanus, qui in egente Visconsiniae septentrionalis regione rustica natus, Ph.D. in litteris Victorianis tenebat. Eius cursus poeticus anno 1967 coepit, cum Ricardus, filiolus carissimus, de improviso meningite spinali obiit. Songs for a Son ('Carmina pro filio'), liber qui hanc amissionem commemorat, a Dionysia Levertov poeta ut a W. W. Norton anno 1967 ederetur in lucem selectus est, et iam venditur. Songs for a Son magnum poematum flumen coepit.

Opera

Corpora poematum

• Songs for a Son, W. W. Norton, 1967
• The Sow's Head and Other Poems, Wayne State University Press, 1968
• Connections: In the English Lake District, Anvil Press Chapbook Series, London 1972
• Red Midnight Moon, Empty Elevator Shaft Chapbook Series, 1973
• Holy Cow: Parable Poems, Red Hill Press, San Francisco, 1974
• Bronchial Tangle, Heart System, Granite Books, 1975
• Cool Zebras of Light, Christopher's Books, Santa Barbara, California, 1975
• The Gift to Be Simple: A Garland for Ann Lee, Liveright/W.W. Norton, 1975
• The Poet as Ice Skater, Manroot Books, 1976
• Gauguin's Chair: Selected Poems 1967-1974, Crossing Press, 1977
• Hawthorne, Red Hill Press, San Francisco, 1977
• The Drowned Man to the Fish, New Rivers Press 1978
• Ikagnak: The North Wind, Kenmore Press, 1978
• Celebrities: In Memory of Margaret Dumont, Sombre Reptiles, 1981
• The Picnic in the Snow: Ludwig of Bavaria, New Rivers Press, 1982
• What John Dillinger Meant to Me, Sea Horse Press, 1983
• Love Poems For Robert Mitchum, Chiron Review Press, 1983
• Hawker, Unicorn Press, 1984
• Kane, Unicorn Press, 1985
• Shaker Light, Unicorn Press, 1986
• Ludwig of Bavaria: Poems and a Play, Revised edition, Cherry Valley Edition, 1986
• The Blood Countess: Poems and a Play, Cherry Valley Edition, 1987
• Haydon, Unicorn Press, 1988
• Breughel's Pig, Illuminati Press, Los Angeles, 1990
• Good Night, Paul, GLB Publishers, 1992
• Snapshots For a Serial Killer, GLB Publishers, 1992
• Robert Peters: Poems: Selected & New, 1967-1991, Asylum Arts, 1992
• Familial Love and Other Misfortunes, Red Hen Press, Los Angeles, 2002
• Makars' Dozens, Pearl Edition, Long Beach, California 2006

Iudicium, eruditio, et aliae res

• Victorians on Literature and Art. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1961.
• America: The Diary of a Visit, by Edmund Gosse, ed. Robert Peters. Purdue University, 1966.
• The Crowns of Apollo: Swinburne's Principles of Literature and Art. Wayne State University.
• The Letters of John Addington Symonds, ed. cum H. Schueller. 3 vol. Wayne State University Press, 1967–1969.
• Pioneers of Modern Poetry, cum Georgio Hitchcock. Kayak Press, 1967.
• Gabriel: A Poem by John Addington Symonds, ed, Robert Peters et Timothy D'Arch Smith. Londinii: Harrington, 1974.
• The Great American Poetry Bake-Off I, II, III, IV Series. Metuchen Novae Caesareae: Scarecrow Press, 1979, 1982, 1987, & 1991.
• The Peters' Black and Blue Guide to Current Literary Journals, series 1 et 2. Novi Eboraci: Cherry Valley Editions, 1983 et 1985.
• The Peters' Black and Blue Guide to Current Literary Journals, series 3. Dustbooks, 1987.
• Hunting the Snark: American Poetry at Century End: Classifications and Commentary. Novi Eboraci: Paragon House, 1989.
• Letters to a Tutor: The Tennyson Family Letters to Henry Graham Dakyns. Metuchen Novae Caesareae: Scarecrow Press, 1989.
• Where the Bee Sucks: Workers, Drones & Queens of Contemporary American Poetry. Asylum Arts, 1994.
• SLIME The Secret Sex-Life of J. Edgar Hoover. Artifex Eric Reynolds. Eros Comix 1995.
• Hunting The Snark: American Poetry at Century End: Classifications and Commentary. Ed. retractata. Avisson Press, 1997.
• Ludwig of Bavaria & Other Short Plays. Asylum Arts, 2001.

Memoriae

• Crunching Gravel: A Wisconsin Boyhood in the Thirties. University of Wisconsin Press, 1993.
• Nell: A Woman From Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.
• For You, Lili Marlene" A Memoir of WW II. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.
• Feather: A Child's Life and Death. University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.

Colloquia interrogativa

• Cum Gulielmo Collins, in Gauguin's Chair: Selected Poems. Crossing Press, 1977.
• Cum Gulielmo Matthews, "The Shaker Poems," in The Great American Poetry Bake-off: Second Series. Crossing Press, 141-150.
• In Writer's Autobiography Series, 8. Gale Research Company, December 1989.

Commentarii de Roberto Peters

• Wakoski, Diane. 1985. In American Poetry, winter: 71-78.
• Collins, Billy. 1987. Literary Reputation and the Thrown Voice. In A Gift of Tongues: Critical Challenges in Contemporary American Poetry, ed. Marie Harris et Kathleen Augero, 295-306. University of Georgia Press.
• Hood, Charles. Robert Peters. In Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Nexus externi

• Robert Peters Emeritus.
• Colloquium interrogativum, EchoNYC.
• Jerome Library Collection.
• UCSD Mandeville Collection.
• Robert Peters Voices.
• My Father As House Builder.