Internet Articles

The official home page of the Walter de la Mare Society.

One of the most useful sites. Listings of secondary materials are not annotated.

Walter de la Mare Biography and Summary.

A site on Book Rags that provides all of the essays on de la Mare in the print series of books The Dictionary of Literary Biography.  Available on the internet for a fee.

De la Mare, Walter (Harper's Magazine)

Pieces by an about de la Mare in Harper's Magazine.

Search - Directory of Special Collections of Research Value in Canadian Libraries

A collection of books, manuscripts and letters housed at McGill University in Canada.

Walter de la Mare.

An online primary bibliography.

Supernatural Fiction Database, Walter de la Mare

A selective bibliography of important works with book covers.

Walter de la Mare

A brief biographical and bibliographical summary.

Walter de la Mare --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia

The entry from the print ebcyclopedia can be accessed from this site.

Bibliomania: Free Online Literature and Study Guides

A brief biographical entry.

Poet: Walter de la Mare - All poems of Walter de la Mare

This is merely a selection.  It is not complete.

de la Mare, Walter. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05

A brief entry.

Walter De La Mare poems, biography and picture

A small selection of poems.

Walter de la Mare: Poems

Another selection of poems.

Walter de la Mare — Infoplease.com

Reprints the Columbia Encyclopedia entry.

Walter de La Mare quotes

Several pages of quotes of importance from de la Mare's works.

Walter de la Mare (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music)

de la Mare's poems set to music.  Not a complete list.

University of Delaware: WALTER DE LA MARE LETTERS TO JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY

A small collection of letters.

The Magic of Walter de la Mare [Index]

Basic biographical and bibliographical information.

Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast: The Riddle

A brief blog commentary with text of the story.

London Borough of Bromley | Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

A site about the places that de la Mare lived.

Walter De LA Mare on LibraryThing | Catalog your books online

A listing of books by de la Mare owned by members of Library Thing.

BBC - BBC Four - Audio Interviews - Walter de la Mare

An introduction to recorded interviews.

Walter De La Mere — Poet Seers

A brief biographical and critical introduction to "The Listeners."

First World War.com - Prose & Poetry - Walter de la Mare

Places de la Mare in the context of poetry written during World War I.

Walter De la Mare

An essay on de la Mare's works for children on this children's website, Recess.

Gossamer & Ghosts -- Printout -- TIME

A review of de la Mare in Time Magazine for 1933.

Seaton's Aunt (1983) (TV)

Hour long television adaptation of the de la Mare story.

Walter de La Mare - MSN Encarta

Brief encyclopedia entry.

Bayley, John. Walter de la Mare and William Golding.

A brief discussion about author William Golding's comments and admiration for de la Mare's poem "The Birthright."  Remarks that the poem is not about the innocence of children, but about their inhumanity.

Bonnerot, Luce.  An Approach to the Poetics of Walter de la Mare's Short Stories

"De la Mare who perceived so much and who 'defamiliarizes' us in every page he wrote, poetry or prose, wrote out of passion: he was a spiritual adventurer conducting a ceaseless quest for an answer to the enigma of human destiny and the mystery of the world, constantly crossing the frontier between the visible and the invisible."

Eatman, John. The Weird Review: "The Recluse"

A personal appreciation that remarks that in its style and content, it is very much like Robert Aickman.

Eatman, John. The Weird Review: Walter de la Mare's 10 Best

Eatman picks his personal list of ten of the best de la Mare's ghost stories.  "Seaton's Aunt" tops the list.

Griffiths, Joe.  Walter de la Mare's Quest

"The trappings of de la Mare's poems and stories are not a misguidedly nostalgic attempt to recreate the past. Nor are they exercises in the eerie and the uncanny. Rather, he employs the form of the ghost story, or the perspective of a previous age, as an oblique way of exploring some of life's most disconcerting questions. Through what they encounter, his travellers, seekers, and pilgrims force the attentive reader to look behind the present century's deification of materialistic and utilitarian values, to query its trust in a narrowly scientific rationalism, and to confront the presence of evil in a world where death is one of the most unsettling certainties. Moreover, they do so without relying upon the dogmatic certainties of institutional religious belief."

Hawking, Richard. "Stepping Out of the Gloaming": A Reconsideration of the Poetry of Walter de la Mare

A publication of Hawking's B.A. Honors thesis that attempt to determine why de la Mare has been so neglected by twentieth century critics and why his poetry deserves more attention.

Hoban, Russell.  Three Stories by Walter de la Mare

A printed version of a talk by Hoban.  Comments perceptively on three of de la Mare's ghost stories:  "Miss Duveen," "Seaton's Aunt,"  and "Crewe," and remarks that de la Mare's stories often do not have plots, but suggest larger and more obscure truths.

Rockhill, Jim. "The Pictures in Mr. Kempe's House."  The Weird Review: Lovecraft & de la Mare

"Although Lovecraft praises 'Mr. Kempe' in his essay 'Supernatural Horror in Literature,' it is as clear that de la Mare's tale could not have influenced Lovecraft's as it is doubtrful that Lovecraft's could have influenced de la Mare.  Yet there are many striking parallels and just as many striking differences between the two works."

Voller, Jack. The Literary Gothic | Walter De La Mare

A page of links concerning de la Mare.