Edwin Arlington Robinson : a poet's life /

Pulitzer Prize winner Edwin Arlington Robinson was praised by the best-known critics of his time (e.g., Louis Untermeyer, Irving Howe) and was considered revolutionary for his ability to develop characters (e.g., "Miniver Cheevy," "Richard Cory") within the formal confines of poetic stanzas. At his death in 1935, he was lauded as the nation's preeminent poet. In the last 70 years, however, he has largely been ignored or forgotten. Donaldson (Poet in America: Winfield Townley Scott), who has also authored biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever, and Archibald MacLeish, wants to remind scholars and readers of Robinson's importance in the literary world. Using approximately 3000 letters that have only recently become available, Donaldson has written a thoroughgoing biography that will likely become a touchstone for anyone interested in the poet's work and life. Recommended for all academic libraries and for public libraries with large poetry and/or biography collections.-Pam Kingsbury, Univ. of North Alabama, Florence (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.