Arthurian Poets: Edwin Arlington Robinson
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Arthurian Poets: Edwin Arlington Robinson by James P Carley
`Traditional yet original, realistic but not in the reductive sense, he is too good to be forgotten.' ROBERTSON DAVIES Robinson's Arthurian poems, published between 1917 and 1927, won him a Pulitzer prize and yet are almost unknown today. With his introspective New England style and quiet tone, he brilliantly catches the tension between reason and passion that drives the characters of the Arthurian stories: these are modern lovers, with the philosophical and psychological concerns of the early 20th century. The sense of vision, and the feeling that the world of Arthur mirrors the fate of all mankind, binds the diverse characters together, and makes Robinson's poems essential reading for everyone interested in the Arthurian legend in the twentieth century.
`EA. Robinson is too good a poet to be widely popular: his vision is too personal, too relentless to appeal to a crowd. Traditional yet original, realistic but not in the reductive sense, he is too good to be forgotten.' -- Robertson Davies
James P. Carley is Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Associate Fellow of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and the foremost authority on the library of King Henry VIII. A specialist in Old and Middle English, the history of manuscripts, and in bibliography and the early Tudor period, he has published widely. His books include The Chronicle of Glastonbury (1985), Glastonbury Abbey: History and Legends (1988; rev. ed. 1996), The Books of King Henry VIII and His Wives (2004), and the commentary volume to the facsimile edition of King Henry's Prayer Book (2009) published by The Folio Society. He is co-editor of Shorter Benedictine Catalogues (1996) in the Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues and editor of The Libraries of King Henry VIII (2000) in the same series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780851155456 |
| ISBN 10 | 0851155456 |
| Title | Arthurian Poets: Edwin Arlington Robinson |
| Author | James P Carley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 1990-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 396 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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