{"product_id":"edwin-arlington-robinsons-letters-to-edwin-arlington-robinson-9780674240353","title":"Edwin Arlington Robinson's Letters to Edith Brower","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains 189 hitherto unpublished letters by Edwin Arlington Robinson.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 Cary has included Miss Brower's unpublished memoir on the poet's character and literary career, \"Memories of Edwin Arlington Robinson,\" and her penetrating review of \u003ci\u003eThe Children of the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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edwin Arlington Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674240359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674240353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.55h x 6.30w x 0.85d","brand":"Edwin Arlington Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46974502011135,"sku":"9780674240353","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a76d21e-68dc-41fa-9528-6cb9e564be19.jpg?v=1750875221","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edwin-arlington-robinsons-letters-to-edwin-arlington-robinson-9780674240353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}