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Captain Craig: A Book Of Poems
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198 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2008
About the author
Edwin Arlington Robinson
135 books48 followersWorks of American poet Edwin Arlington Arlington include long narratives and character studies of New Englanders, including "Miniver Cheevy" (1907).
Edwin Arlington Robinson won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. His family moved to Gardiner, Maine, in 1870. He described his childhood as "stark and unhappy."
Early difficulties of Robinson led to a dark pessimism, and his stories dealt with "an American dream gone awry."
In 1896, he self-published his first book, "The Torrent and the Night Before", paying 100 dollars for 500 copies. His second volume, "The Children of the Night", had a somewhat wider circulation.
Edwin Arlington Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1922 for his first "Collected Poems," in 1925 for "The Man Who Died Twice," and in 1928 for "Tristram."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Ar...
Edwin Arlington Robinson won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. His family moved to Gardiner, Maine, in 1870. He described his childhood as "stark and unhappy."
Early difficulties of Robinson led to a dark pessimism, and his stories dealt with "an American dream gone awry."
In 1896, he self-published his first book, "The Torrent and the Night Before", paying 100 dollars for 500 copies. His second volume, "The Children of the Night", had a somewhat wider circulation.
Edwin Arlington Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1922 for his first "Collected Poems," in 1925 for "The Man Who Died Twice," and in 1928 for "Tristram."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Ar...
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July 20, 2019
Robinson’s humanism recasts failure and loneliness as cheerfulness and acceptance.
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