The Poetry of Jeffers (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robinson Jeffers
- First Published: 1912
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Mythology or myths, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Poetry or poets, California, West, U.S.
Critical Evaluation:
The history of Robinson Jeffers’ reputation might be represented diagrammatically by the figure of a sharp, inverted V, the apex marked, perhaps, by the year 1933. In 1919, when Jeffers had already published two volumes, Louis Untermeyer did not consider him worthy of inclusion in his famous anthology of American poetry that mirrored the taste of the period as definitely as had Palgrave’s GOLDEN TREASURY in 1861. In 1933, William Rose Benet, in his anthology titled FIFTY POETS, spoke of Jeffers as “the Western Titan of our contemporary...
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