Allen R. Grossman (1932–2014)

Auteur de The Ether Dome and Other Poems (1979-1991)

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A propos de l'auteur

Allen Grossman was born in 1932 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received a B.A. and a M.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He taught at Brandeis University for 35 years before moving to Johns Hopkins University, where he taught from 1991 until his retirement in 2006. His afficher plus collections of poetry include The Ether Dome and Descartes' Loneliness. He received numerous awards during his lifetime including three Pushcart Prizes, the Witter Bynner Prize for Poetry, the Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize in Poetry of Wellesley College, the Sheaffer-PEN/Nex England Award for Literary Distinction, and Yale University's Bollingen Prize. He died of complications from Alzheimer's on June 27, 2014 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

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Œuvres de Allen R. Grossman

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The Ether Dome and Other Poems (1979-1991) (1991) 36 exemplaires

The Sighted Singer: Two Works on Poetry for Readers and Writers (1991) 34 exemplaires

Descartes' Loneliness (2007) 20 exemplaires

How to Do Things with Tears: A Book of Poems (2001) 19 exemplaires

The Woman on the Bridge Over the Chicago River: A Book of Poems (1979) 16 exemplaires

True-Love: Essays on Poetry and Valuing (2009) 15 exemplaires

The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground: Love Poems (New Directions Paperbook) (1986) 13 exemplaires

The Philosopher's Window: And Other Poems (1995) 12 exemplaires

The Long Schoolroom: Lessons in the Bitter Logic of the Poetic Principle (Poets on Poetry) (1997) 10 exemplaires

Of the Great House: A Book of Poems (1982) 10 exemplaires

Sweet Youth: Poems by a Young Man and an Old Man, Old and New 1953-2001 (2002) 8 exemplaires

Poetry: A Basic Course (Superstar Teachers) (1991) 4 exemplaires

Against Our Vanishing: Winter Conversations With Allen Grossman (Poetics Ser .: No 1) (1981) 4 exemplaires

A Harlot's Hire 2 exemplaires

And the dew lay all night upon my branch : poems 2 exemplaires

The recluse, and other poems 1 exemplaire

WHR Volume XLIV , Number 1 Spring 1990 1 exemplaire

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The Best American Poetry 2001 (2001) — Contributeur — 223 exemplaires

American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Contributeur — 162 exemplaires

The Best American Poetry 1998 (1998) — Contributeur — 161 exemplaires

The Best American Poetry 1993 (1993) — Contributeur — 129 exemplaires

The Best American Poetry 1992 (1992) — Contributeur — 102 exemplaires

Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths (1684) — Contributeur — 69 exemplaires

60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Contributeur — 28 exemplaires

TriQuarterly 23/24 Winter/Spring 1972 : Literature in revolution (1972) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires

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Date de naissance: 1932-01-07
Date de décès: 2014-06-27
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Études: Harvard University (MA|1956)
Brandeis University (PhD|1960)
Professions: professor
poet
Relations: Grossman, Judith (wife)
Grossman, Austin (son)
Grossman, Lev (son)
Organisations: Brandeis University
Johns Hopkins University
Prix et distinctions: Bassine Citation (1989)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award ( [1997])
Guggenheim Fellowship (1982)
Bollingen Prize (2009)

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The Sighted Singer: Two Works on Poetry for Readers… par Allen Grossman

This is a theoretical text, so it's not really fun reading for the most part, but it's brilliant and highly perceptive work from two men who have thought carefully and systematically about the art of poetry. Grossman's Summa Lyrica is the second of the two works contained in the book, and I consider it a really important text because it seeks to undertake an examination and justification for the project of lyric poetry, with consideration of historical antecedent and contemporary concerns. A really valuable and highly learned work if you are studying poetry or want to write lyric poetry.… (plus d'informations)

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Stodelay | Nov 1, 2009 |

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