The Children of the Night (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edwin Arlington Robinson
- First Published: 1897
- Type of Work: Book of poems
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Children, France or French people, Love or romance, Suicide, Authors or writers, Upper classes, Death or dying, Life, philosophy of
The Poems
At its publication in 1897, Edwin Arlington Robinson’s The Children of the Night consisted of eighty-seven poems, forty-four of which had appeared in The Torrent and the Night Before, a pamphlet printed at the author’s own expense the previous year. In addition, the new volume contained another forty-three poems. When the author incorporated The Children of the Night into later collections of his poetry he made some alterations, a situation that can be very confusing for readers. For example, some poems were eliminated altogether, and because...
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