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Draft:George Woodcock bibliography#External links

{{AFC submission|d|reason|Generally Woodcock's entry in Wikidata is expected to encompass this. See George Woodcock and wikidata:Q954360.|u=John Desmond|ns=118|decliner=Timtrent|declinets=20250620151430|ts=20250620141243}}

{{AFC comment|1=Based on my search, I think that there's enough sourcing to establish WP:NLIST. C.f. Stephen King bibliography, note that the links are not to external sites but rather the article themselves that exist for each entry. I'm looking at George Woodcock § Selected bibliography and I see enough of them there. The others I would continue as you are (using citation templates) but filling in the info for the book itself, not the archive link, retrieval date, etc. Hard to say how that info benefits our readers. Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 20:42, 20 June 2025 (UTC)}}

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{{Short description|Books written by George Woodcock}}

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George Woodcock (May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet and published several volumes of travel writing.{{cite book|author=John Robert Colombo|title=Canadian Literary Landmarks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zbdUkJkm10C&pg=PA280|access-date=September 12, 2013|year=1984|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-0-88882-073-0|pages=280–}} In 1959 he was the founding editor of the journal Canadian Literature which was the first academic journal specifically dedicated to Canadian writing.{{cite book|author=Gabriella Reznowski|title=Literary Research and Canadian Literature: Strategies and Sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ps26JhFFS8wC&pg=PA89|access-date=September 12, 2013|year= 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7769-6|pages=89–}}

Woodcock was a prolific writer, authoring or editing some 150 books and pamphlets, plus numerous radio and TV scripts and documentaries. His works have been described as comprehensive explorations of free-spirited individuals and movements, drawing inspiration from his anarchist convictions and cross-cultural travels, and their legacy endures in both anarchist thought and the critical study of Canadian literature. In particular, they have been described as bridging literary cultures, shaped by his formative years in the UK's Fitzrovia literary scene and later rooted in Canada, where he fostered national literary identity through founding and editing Canadian Literature for 17 years.{{cite web |title=George Woodcock |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/george-woodcock |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=June 27, 2025 |language=en}}

His works have been described as advancing a "regional cosmopolitanism",{{cite thesis |last1=Hiebert |first1=Matthew |title=Transoceanic Canada : the regional cosmopolitanism of George Woodcock |date=2013 |doi=10.14288/1.0074046 |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0074046}} a philosophy rooted in anarchist modernism and anti-imperialism that matured through his transoceanic intellectual journey from London to India and Canada. Drawing inspiration from figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Herbert Read, and George Orwell, Woodcock’s writing blends global critical perspectives with a deep commitment to local cultural identities, shaping both postcolonial literary thought and the development of Canadian literature.

1940s

  • {{cite book |title=Anarchy or chaos |date=1944 |publisher=Freedom Press |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=William Godwin A biographical study |date=1946 |publisher=Porcupine Press |location=London}}

1950s

  • {{cite book |title=Ravens and prophets |date=1952 |publisher=Allan Wingate |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=To the city of the dead An account of travels in Mexico |date=1957 |publisher=Faber |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=Incas and other men Travels in the Andes |date=1959 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London}}

1960s

  • {{cite book |title=Faces of India A travel narrative |date=1964 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=Asia, gods and cities Aden to Tokyo |date=1966 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=The Greeks in India |date=1966 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=Kerala A Portrait of the Malabar Coast |date=1967 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London}}
  • With Ivan Avakumovic.{{cite book |title=The Doukhobors |date=1968 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Toronto}}
  • {{cite book |title=Henry Walter Bates Naturalist of the Amazons |date=1969 |publisher=Barnes & Noble |location=New York}}

1970s

  • {{cite book |title=The British in the Far East |date=1969 |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=The Hudson's Bay Company From trading post to emporium |date=1970 |publisher=Collier-Macmillan Canade |location=Toronto}}
  • {{cite book |title=Canada and the Canadians |publisher=Faber & Faber |location=London |isbn=0-19-540174-3}}
  • {{cite book |title=Into Tibet The early British explorers |date=1971 |publisher=Barnes & Noble |location=New York}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Woodcock |first1=George |last2=Avakumović |first2=Ivan |author-link2=Ivan Avakumović |title=The Anarchist Prince: A Biographical Study of Peter Kropotkin |date=1971 |publisher=Schocken Books |location=New York |isbn=0805203052}}
  • {{cite book |title=Gandhi |date=1972 |publisher=Fontana/Collins |location=London}}
  • {{cite book |title=Dawn and the darkest hour A study of Aldous Huxley |date=1972 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London |isbn=0-571-08939-9}}
  • {{cite book |title=Pierre-Joseph Proudhon |date=1972 |orig-date=originally 1956 |publisher=Schocken Books |location=New York}}
  • {{cite book |title=The rejection of politics and other essays on Canada, Canadians, anarchists and the world |date=1972 |publisher=new press |location=Toronto |isbn=0-88770-614-2}}
  • {{cite book |title=Herbert Read: The stream and the source |date=1972 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London |isbn=0-571-08656-X}}
  • {{cite book |title=Who killled the British Empire? An inquest |date=1974 |publisher=Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co. |location=New York, New York |isbn=0-8129-0419-2}}
  • {{cite book |title=Amor De Cosmos Journalist and Reformer |date=1975 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Toronto |isbn=0-19-540232-4}}
  • {{cite book |title=Anarchism A history of libertarian ideas and movements |date=1975 |orig-date=originally 1962 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth, Middlesex5}}
  • {{cite book |title=Gabriel Dumont The Métis chief and his lost world |date=1975 |publisher=Hurtig Publishers |location=Edmonton, Alberta |isbn=0-88830-095-6}}
  • {{cite book |title=South Sea Journey |date=1976 |publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside |location=Toronto |isbn=0-88902-047-7}}
  • {{cite book |title=The anarchist Reader |date=1977 |publisher=Fontana Paperbacks}} (Editor)
  • {{cite book |title=Anima or, Swann grown old: a cycle of poems |date=1977 |publisher=Black Moss Press |location=Coatsworth, Ontario |isbn=0887530370}}
  • {{cite book |title=Peoples of the coast: The Indians of the Pacific Northwest |date=1977 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |isbn=0253343445}}
  • {{cite book |title=Two plays |date=1977 |publisher=Talonbooks |location=East Cordova, Vancouver |isbn=0-88922-123-5}}
  • {{cite book |title=Thomas Merton Monk and Poet A critical study |date=1978 |publisher=Farrar Straus Giroux |location=New York}}

1980s

  • {{cite book |title=The world of Canadian writing Critiques and recollections |date=1980 |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |location=Vancouver, British Columbia |isbn=0-295-95721-2}}
  • {{cite book |title=100 Great Canadians |date=1980 |publisher=Hurtig Publishers |location=Edmonton, Alberta |isbn=0-88830-184-7}}
  • {{cite book |title=Confederation betrayed |date=c. 1981 |publisher=Harbour Pub. |location=Madeira Park, British Columbia |isbn=0920080235}}
  • {{cite book |title=The meeting of time and space Regionalism in Canadian literature 1980 NeWest Lecture |date=1980 |publisher=NeWest Institute for Western Canadian Studies |location=Edmonton, Alberta |isbn=0-919467-00-8}}
  • {{cite book |title=Taking it to the letter |date=1981 |publisher=Quadrant Editions |location=Dunvegan, Ontario |isbn=0-86495-007-1}}
  • {{cite book |title=Letter to the past An autobiography |date=1982 |publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside |location=Toronto |isbn=0-88902-715-3}}
  • {{cite book |title=Orwell's message 1984 and the present |date=1984 |publisher=Harbour Publishing |location=Medeira Park, B.C. |isbn=0-920080-86-3 }}
  • {{cite book |title=The Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell |date=1984 |orig-date=originally 1966 |publisher=Schocken Books |location=New York |isbn=0-8052-0755-4}}
  • {{cite book |title=Strange bedfellows The state and the arts in Canada |date=1985 |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |location=Vancover, British Columbia |isbn=0-88894-456-X}}
  • With Tim Fitzharris.{{cite book |title=The University of British Columbia A souvenir |date=c. 1986 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Toronto |isbn=0195404742}}
  • {{cite book |title=Northern spring The flowering of Canadian literature |date=1987 |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |location=Vancouver, British Columbia |isbn=0-88894-536-1}}
  • {{cite book |title=Caves in the desert Travels in China |date=c. 1988 |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |location=Vancouver |isbn=0888946198}}
  • {{cite book |title=The Purdy-Woodcock letters: Selected correspondence 1964-1984 |date=1988 |publisher=ECW Press |location=Toronto |isbn=1550220063}}
  • {{cite book |title=William Godwin A Biographical study|date=1989 |orig-date=originally 1946 |publisher=Black Rose Books |location=Montréal, Québec |isbn=0-921689-49-7}}
  • {{cite book |title=A social history of Canada |date=1988 |publisher=Viking |location=Markham, Ontario, Canada |isbn=0-670-81960-3}}
  • {{cite book |title=Aphra Behn The English Sappho |date=1989 |publisher=Black Rose Books |location=Montréal, Québec, Canada |isbn=0-921689-41-1}}
  • {{cite book |title=The marvellous century Archaic man and the awakening of reason |date=1989 |publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside |location=Markham, Ontario |isbn=0-88902-739-0}}
  • {{cite book |title=Powers of observation |date=1989 |publisher=Quarry Press |location=Kingston, Ontario |isbn=0-919627-15-3}}
  • {{cite book |title=Oscar Wilde The double image |date=1989 |publisher=Black Rose Books |location=Montreal |isbn=092168942X}}
  • {{cite book |title=The century that made us Canada 1814-1914 |date=1989 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Don Mills, Ontario |isbn=0-19-540703-2}}

1990s

  • {{cite book |title=British Columbia A history of the province |date=1990 |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |location=Vancouver, Toronto |isbn=0-88894-702-X}}
  • {{cite book |title=Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana & Other Poems |date=1991 |publisher=Quarry Press |location=Kingston, Ontario |isbn=1-55082-005-2}}
  • {{cite book |title=Anarchism and anarchists |date=c. 1992 |publisher=Quarry Press |location=Kingston, Ontario |isbn=1550820184}}
  • {{cite book |title=The Cherry Tree on Cherry Street and other poems |date=1994 |publisher=Quarry Press |location=Kingston, Ontario |isbn=1-55082-106-7}}

References

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External links

  • [https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Woodcock%2C+George%2C+1912-1995%22 Woodcock, George, 1912-1995] at the Internet Archive

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