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1 online resource (xii, 184 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources & Documentation; 1. Creation & Criticism; 2. The Penns, the Warrens, & the Boy; Cerulean Springs; Guthrie; The Family; The Boy & the Poetry; 3. Guthrie & Cerulean Springs; Early Poems; Some Blacks-Two Early Poems & a Sequel; Years without Poems & the New Beginnings; Boyhood; Some Townspeople; Some Tragedies; Old Memories; 4. Now & Then-Father, Mother, Friend, Self; Frontier; The Late 1800s; Childhood-The Early 1900s; The 1920s & 1930s-The Mother; The 1940s & 1950s-The Father; The 1970s-The Friend |
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The 1970s & the PastReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Taking a new approach to the study of Robert Penn Warren's imposing and still growing poetic canon, Floyd C. Watkins has found in the poems what he describes as a ""poetic autobiography"" unparalleled in American letters. Drawing on interviews with Warren, members of his family, and contemporaries from his hometown, but keeping the poetry itself constantly at the center of his vision, Watkins shows how the poetry has grown from the experience of the boy and man and from his contemplation of his family's and his country's history. He traces through the poems a family chronicle, moving from the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 -- Poetic works
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Warren family -- In literature
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Warren family fast |
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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 fast |
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Warren, Robert Penn. swd |
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Biography in literature.
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Self in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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Biography in literature
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Criticism and interpretation
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Intellectual life
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Literature
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Self in literature
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Lyrik
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Autobiografie
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Biografie
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Warren (Familie)
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Kentucky -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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Southern States -- In literature
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Kentucky -- In literature
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Kentucky
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Southern States
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Kentucky
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813164854 |
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0813164850 |
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