Time's Web

by Ruth Moore

The poems in this appealing collection are dated from 1930 to 1971. They are both urban and rural in their settings; but, like the poetry of Robert Frost and the early Edna St. Vincent Millay, they find their prime inspiration in the rugged New England landscape and the region's traditional temper - independence, even stubbornness, of spirit and close regard for individual, private values.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Ruth Moore (1903–1989) was an important Maine author of the twentieth century. She is best known for her honest portrayals of Maine people and evocative descriptions of the state. Now primarily thought of as a regional writer, Moore was a significant literary figure on the national stage during her career. Her second novel Spoonhandle spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in the company of George Orwell, W. Somerset Maugham and Robert Penn Warren. In her time, Moore was hailed as "New England's only answer to Faulkner".

In 1940 Ruth met Eleanor Mayo, an aspiring writer also from Maine, and the two soon became a couple. They returned to New York where Ruth got a job with The Readers Digest while writing her first novel, The Weir, which was published in 1943.