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bout the author: Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869-1935. From the Biographical Notes of "The Second Book of Modern Verse" (1919,1920), edited by Jessie B. Rittenhouse: Robinson, Edwin Arlington. Born at Head Tide, Maine, Dec. 22, 1869.Educated at Harvard University. Mr. Robinson is a psychological poet ofgreat subtlety; his poems are usually studies of types and he has givenus a remarkable series of portraits. He is recognized as one of thefinest and most distinguished poets of our time. His successive volumesare: "Children of the Night", 1897; "Captain Craig", 1902; "The TownDown the River", 1910; "The Man against the Sky", 1916; "Merlin", 1917;and "Launcelot", 1920. The last-named volume was awarded a prize of fivehundred dollars, given by The Lyric Society for the best book manuscriptoffered to it in 1919. In addition to his work in poetry, Mr. Robinsonhas written two prose plays, "Van Zorn", and "The Porcupine". In "American Poetry Since 1900", Louis Untermeyer notes, "his name wasknown only to a few of the literati until Theodore Roosevelt...acclaimed and aided him." Rittenhouse's Biographical Notes (abovequoted) contain this entry immediately before Edwin ArlingtonRobinson's: "Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt.... Mrs. Robinson, who is asister to Col. Theodore Roosevelt,... has written several volumes ofverse...." It is always interesting to see the coincidence of eventsin history, and it is worth asking if this was not even a causalrelationship.--A. L.
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