Robinson Jeffers (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
John Robinson Jeffers was the first son of William Hamilton Jeffers, professor of Old Testament literature at Western (Presbyterian) Theological Seminary, and Annie Robinson Tuttle, a gifted amateur musician. On both sides, Jeffers was descended from generations of strict Calvinists. For seven years an only child, he was treated as a prodigy by his father, who introduced the boy to reading Greek at five, after working on English and French. Jeffers's early education included extended travel to England and the Continent. This home tutoring continued throughout most of...
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