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Richard Cory, Edwin Arlington Robinson - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Anderson, Wallace L. Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Critical Introduction. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967, 175 p.

Explores the complexity of Robinson’s work.

Barnard, Ellsworth. Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Critical Study. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952,.

Study of Robinson's works.

Pritchard, William H. “Edwin Arlington Robinson: The Prince of Heartachers.” The American Scholar 48, No. 1 (Winter 1978-79): 89-100.

Argues that the most interesting aspect of Robinson's work is not his ideas, but Robinson’s poetic voice.

Rein, David. “The Appeal of ‘Richard Cory.’” The CEA Critic 26, No. 2 (November 1963): 6.

Argues that Robinson's choice of British-sounding words in “Richard Cory” evokes the class divide between Richard Cory and the townspeople who narrate the poem.

Stageberg, Norman C., and Wallace L....

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