Robert Penn Warren (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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In an era when poets are often as renowned and influential as critics, Robert Penn Warren nevertheless stands out inasmuch as he achieved success on two creative fronts, having as great a critical reputation as a novelist as he has as a poet. This accomplishment is not limited to the production of one singular work or of a sporadic body of work; rather it is a sustained record of development and achievement spanning more than three decades. His fiction includes the novels Night Rider (1939), At Heaven’s Gate (1943), All the King’s...

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