{"product_id":"edwin-arlington-robinsons-letters-to-edith-brower-9780674240353","title":"Edwin Arlington Robinson's Letters to Edith Brower","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Edwin Arlington Robinson | Richard Cary\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains 189 hitherto unpublished letters by Edwin Arlington Robinson. They were written between 1897 and 1930 to one of his first admirers, Edith Brower of Pennsylvania. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe letters begin when the twenty-seven-year-old poet writes gratefully to the stranger who has expressed appreciation of his first, privately printed, book of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Torrent and the Night Before\u003c\/i\u003e. Soon he was carrying on an intense correspondence, baring his soul--safely, he believed, because the woman he described as \"infernally bright and not at all ugly,\" with \"something of a literary reputation,\" was \"too old to give me a chance to bother myself with any sentimental uneasiness.\" (She was twenty-one years his senior.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContinually reflecting his laconic, self-deprecating Yankee spirit, the letters range from the uncontrollable outpourings of a lonely individual, desperate for encouragement and understanding, to brief words of greeting or farewell. Without reserve, Robinson--who was eventually awarded the Pulitzer prize for poetry three times--confides his reactions to people and places, his thoughts about his own work, and his personal opinions of such writers as Browning, Dickens, Hardy, Moody, and Pater. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMr. Cary has included Miss Brower's unpublished memoir on the poet's character and literary career, \"Memories of Edwin Arlington Robinson,\" and her penetrating review of \u003ci\u003eThe Children of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to an informative Introduction, he contributes full explanatory notes, a list of Robinson's works, and an index.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47615532597399,"sku":"9780674240353","price":8320.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780674240353.webp?v=1775101509","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/edwin-arlington-robinsons-letters-to-edith-brower-9780674240353","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}