The Man Against the Sky: A Book of Poems — John Shaqi
The Man Against the Sky: A Book of PoemsRobinson, Edwin Arlington
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The Man Against the Sky: A Book of Poems
Robinson, Edwin Arlington
American poetry
By the same author--------------
The Porcupine: A Drama in Three Acts
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Edwin Arlington Robinson's comedy "Van Zorn" proved him to be one of the
most accomplished of the younger generation of American dramatists. Of
this play the 'Boston Transcript' said, "It is an effective presentation
of modern life in New York City, in which a poet shows his skill of
playwrighting... he brings to the American drama to-day a thing it
sadly lacks, and that is character." In manner and technique Mr.
Robinson's new play, "The Porcupine", recalls some of the work of Ibsen.
Written adroitly and with the literary cleverness exhibited in "Van
Zorn", it tells a story of a domestic entanglement in a dramatic fashion
well calculated to hold the reader's attention.
"Contains all of the qualities that are said to be conspicuously lacking
in American Drama."--'N. Y. Evening Sun'.
Van Zorn: A Comedy in Three Acts
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Mr. Robinson is known as the leader of present-day American poets. In
this delightful play he tells with a biting humor the story of the
salvation of a soul. By clever arrangement of incident and skillful
characterization he arouses strongly the reader's curiosity, and the
suspense is admirably sustained. The dialogue is bright, and the
construction of the plot shows the work of one well versed in the
technique of the drama.
Notes on the etext:
John Gorham:
Catches him and let's him go and eats him up for fun."--
changed to:
Catches him and lets him go and eats him up for fun."--
Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from Stratford:
Whatever there be, they'll be no more of that;
not changed, but noted as possibly incorrect--should it be?:
Whatever there be, there'll be no more of that;
Then are as yet a picture in our vision.
changed to:
Than are as yet a picture in our vision.
About 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 of
great subtlety; his poems are usually studies of types and he has given
us a remarkable series of portraits. He is recognized as one of the
finest and most distinguished poets of our time. His successive volumes
are: "Children of the Night", 1897; "Captain Craig", 1902; "The Town
Down the River", 1910; "The Man against the Sky", 1916; "Merlin", 1917;
and "Launcelot", 1920. The last-named volume was awarded a prize of five
hundred dollars, given by The Lyric Society for the best book manuscript
offered to it in 1919. In addition to his work in poetry, Mr. Robinson
has written two prose plays, "Van Zorn", and "The Porcupine".
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