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EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON

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Scope: Edward Arlington Robinson was a New England writer born in Headtide, Maine on December 22, 1869. Two of his poems published in the 1920s entitled The Man who Died Twice and Tristram were awarded Pulitzer Prizes. Robinsons’ poetry was traditional in style featuring blank verse and English sonnet form. His subject matter covered controversial topics such as suicide, prostitution, and euthanasia. 

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Books of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s works are listed in our on-line catalog under, “Robinson, Edwin Arlington,” and under individual titles.

Books written by and about Edwin Arlington Robinson have the call number(s) 

PS 3535.025

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

Coxe, Louis Osborne. Edwin Arlington Robinson. Minneapolis: University of 
Minnesota Press, 1962.

Murphy, Francis E.X. Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Collection of Critical Essays
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1970.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide an overview or summary of the topic.

The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

REF PS 303.C64 1993 The Columbia History of American Poetry 

REF PS 21.D5 The Dictionary of Literary Biography
     vol. 54 American poets 1880-1945, Third Series

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the links for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

WEB SITES 

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets.htm#m

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Updated 02/08/2007