WORKS

POETRY

The Collected Poems of Elizabeth Smart. London: Paladin, 1992.

In the Mean Time. Ottawa: Deneau, 1984.

Rose Died. Toronto: Impr. Dromadaire, 1984.

The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals. London: J. Cape, 1982.

Eleven Poems. Bracknell, England: Owen Kirton, 1982.

Ten Poems. Bath, England: Bath Place Community Arts Press, 1981.

A Bonus. London: Polytantric Press, 1977.

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. Toronto: Popular Library, 1966.

EDITED COLLECTIONS

Burridge, Christina, ed. Autobiographies: Elizabeth Smart. Vancouver: William Hoffer/ Tanks, 1987.

Van Wart, Alice, ed. Necessary secrets : the journals of Elizabeth Smart. Toronto: Deneau, 1986.

Van Wart, Alice, ed. Juvenilia: Early Writings of Elizabeth Smart. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1987.

Van Wart, Alice, ed. On the Side of the Angels: The Second Volume of the Journals of Elizabeth Smart. London: HarperCollins, 1994.

CRITICISM

Barfoot, Joan. Rev. of Labyrinth of Desire, by Elizabeth Smart. Quill and Quire 67.2 (2001): 32.

Bemrose, John. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Maclean's (Toronto Edition) 104.14 8 April (1991): 50.

Bishop, Patricia. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Canadian Woman Studies 12.2 (1992): 116-117.

Bradbury, Patricia. Rev. of Autobiographies: Elizabeth Smart, ed. Christina Burridge. Quill and Quire 53.11 (1987): 27.

Cameron, Elspeth. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Canadian Forum 70.801 (1991): 26-28.

Echlin, Kim. Elizabeth Smart: A Fugue Essay on Women and Creativity. Toronto: Women's Press, 2004.

“Elizabeth Smart: a passionate life.” Toronto Life Fashion 25.12 (1991): 82,84+.

“Elizabeth Smart: on the side of the angels.” Film. Visual Media 7.1 (1994): 7-8.

Frojdendahl, Birgitta. “Passion in Elizabeth Smart's By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept: The Sacred and the Profane.” Mosaic 37.2 (2004): 145-160.

“From Elizabeth's Garden (Excerpt from Elizabeth Smart's Garden Journals).” Brick 33 (1988): 59-61.

Gallus, Maya. Rev. of Elizabeth's Garden: Elizabeth Smart On The Art Of Gardening, ed. Alice Van Wart. Quill & Quire 56.3 (1990): 63.

Gascoyne, David. Introduction. The Collected Poems of Elizabeth Smart. London: Paladin, 1992. 9-17.

Grace, Sherrill. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Canadian Literature 133 (1992): 146-149.

Grosskurth, Phyllis. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Books In Canada 20.4 (1991): 45-46.

Heaps, Denise A. “The inscription of ‘feminine jouissance’ in Elizabeth Smart’s By Grand Central Station I Sat Down & Wept.” Studies in Canadian Literature 19.1 (1994): 142-155.

Horne, Dee. “Elizabeth Smart’s novel-journal.” Rev. of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept, by Elizabeth Smart. Studies in Canadian Literature 16.2 (1991/1992): 128-146.

Jackson, Marni. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Saturday Night 106.4 (1991):
52-54.

Karasick, Irene J. Rev. of Autobiographies By Elizabeth Smart, ed. Christina Burridge. Canadian Materials
17.1 (1989): 11.

Karkut, Ted. Rev. of On The Side Of Angels: The Journals of Elizabeth Smart, by Elizabeth Smart. Visual
Media 5.2 (1992): 13.

Ledger, Brent. Rev. of Necessary Secrets: The Journals Of Elizabeth Smart, ed. Alice Van Wart. Quill and
Quire 53.2 (1987): 16.

Lobdell, David. “Eros in the age of anxiety: Elizabeth Smart and Louise Maheux-Forcier.” Essays on Canadian Writing 40 (1990): 57-79.

McMullen, Lorraine. “‘Behold thou art fair my love; behold thou art fair’: The Language of Love in Elizabeth Smart’s By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.” Ed. Elisabeth J. Lacelle. La Femme, son corps et la religion: approaches pluridiciplinaires. Montreal: Bellarmin, 1983. 184-193.

McMullen, Lorraine. “Elizabeth Smart 1913-1985.” Canadian Literature 111 (1986): 238-240.

Meyer, Bruce. “The Reading Room Speaks the Language of Love.” Rev. of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, by Elizabeth Smart. Homemaker's 40.1 (2005): 14.

Mezie, Kathy. “The Space of Positions and the Space of Position-Takings: The Construction of the Reader in Elizabeth Smart's Journals.” Biographical Creation, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 1997.

Mills, John. “The Whirligigs of Something or Other.” Rev. of Necessary Secrets: The Journals Of Elizabeth Smart, ed. Alice Van Wart. Essays on Canadian Writing 37 (1989): 161-168.

Morley, Patricia. “Surprised by Joy.” Rev. of Necessary Secrets: The Journals Of Elizabeth Smart, ed. Alice Van Wart. Canadian Literature 116 (1988): 225-227.

“Muse in a female ghetto: a portrait of Elizabeth Smart.” This Magazine 20.3 (1986): 22-24.

Oliver, Michael Brian. “Elizabeth Smart: Recognition.” Essays on Canadian Writing 12 (1978): 106-133.

Patton, JoAnna. Rev. of Juvenilia: Early Writings Of Elizabeth Smart, ed. Alice Van Wart. Canadian Materials 16.5 (1988): 170.

Podnieks, Elizabeth. “Keep out/ keep out/ your snooting snout...The Irresistible Journals of Elizabeth Smart.” A/B Autobiographical Studies 11.1 (1996): 56-81.

Rooke, Constance. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Malahat Review 96 (1991): 108-109.

Ruzesky, Jay. Rev. of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept, by Elizabeth Smart. Malahat Review 95 (1991): 128-129.

Sand, Cynthia. “The Trap of Language.” Rev. of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept, by Elizabeth Smart. Radical Reviewer 6 (1982): 12-15.

Sigurdson, Norman. Rev. of Juvenilia: Early Writings Of Elizabeth Smart, ed. Alice Van Wart. Books in Canada 17.2 (1988): 25-26.

Sullivan, Rosemary. By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life. Toronto: Penguin, 1991.

Sullivan, Rosemary. “Writing a life: Elizabeth Smart's aggressive spirit forced her biographer to get it right.” Books In Canada 20.3 (1991): 29-32.

Thomas, Audrey. Rev. of Necessary Secrets: The Journals Of Elizabeth Smart. ed. Alice Van Wart. Books in Canada 16.3 (1987): 17-18.

Tostevin, Lola L. Rev. of Autobiographies, by Elizabeth Smart. Canadian Literature (1989): 169-172.

Tostevin, Lola L. Rev. of Juvenilia: Early Writings Of Elizabeth Smart, ed. Alice Van Wart. Canadian
Literature (1989): 169-172.

Van Wart, Alice. “By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept: The Novel As Poem.” Studies in Canadian Literature 11.1 (1986): 38-41.

Van Wart, Alice. “Elizabeth Smart: a reconsideration.” Brick 33 (1988): 50-54.

Van Wart, Alice, ed. Elizabeth's Garden: Elizabeth Smart On The Art Of Gardening. Toronto: Coach House: 1989.

Wachtel, Eleanor. Rev. of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life, by Rosemary Sullivan. Quill & Quire 57.2 (1991): 29.

Walton, Heather. “Extreme Faith in the Work of Elizabeth Smart and Luce Irigaray.” Literature and Theology 16.1 (2002): 40-50.

Wright, Nancy E. “The proper lady and the second world war in Elizabeth Smart's narratives.” Essays on Canadian Writing 48 (1992/1993): 1-19.

BIOGRAPHY
Elizabeth Smart was born in Ottawa in 1913. She attended Canadian private schools, and for a year, was sent to King's College in London, England, where she studied piano. Famous for her poetic prose, Smart's novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (1945) was immensely popular, reprinted at least five times during her lifetime. Smart eventually retired to a quiet life in Suffolk, England, returning to Canada from 1982-1983, where she served as writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta. Elizabeth Smart died in 1986.

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