Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Poet's Life

by Scott Donaldson

Book Overview

At the time of his death in 1935, Edwin Arlington Robinson was regarded as the leading American poet-the equal of Frost and Stevens. In this biography, Scott Donaldson tells the intriguing story of this poet's life, based in large part on a previously unavailable trove of more than 3,000 personal letters, and recounts his profoundly important role in the development of modern American literature.

Born in 1869, the youngest son of a well-to-do...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231138423
• ISBN13: 9780231138420
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"