Selected Letters of Edwin Arlington Robinson
Letters
By: Edwin Arlington Robinson
Date: 1905, 1908
Source: Robinson, Edwin Arlington. Selected Letters of Edwin Arlington Robinson. New York: Macmillan, 1940, 59–65.
About the Author: Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935) was one of the most acclaimed American poets during his lifetime. Robinson's mature poetry had a dark, direct tone. This made his writing popular, even though he refused to adopt the developing modernist style of American verse. Robinson famously eschewed the comforts of traditional life, embracing poverty for the freedom to write. Even after he achieved recognition for his writing, he continued to work from Gardiner, Maine, where he was raised. During the 1920s, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize three times.
Introduction
In his early twenties, Edwin Arlington Robinson dedicated himself to a literary career. In 1896, he self-published...
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