Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914

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Dates:
Birth 1865-03-23
Death 1914-12-08
German,

Biographical notes:

American poet.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, to Miss Greene, 1914 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129671

From the description of The Vikings : autograph poem signed, 1886 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270135829

Poet and author of Louisville, Kentucky.

From the description of Madison Julius Cawein : miscellaneous papers, 1889-1916. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46764382

Madison Julius Cawein, a poet, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865. After graduating from Male High School, Cawein worked as a cashier in the Newmarket poolroom. He wrote his poetry at night and in his spare time. His poetic career was launched in 1887 when William Dean Howells favorably reviewed his first book, Blooms of Berry. Cawein's poetry shows the naturalist lore he learned from his father and the creative imagination of his spirtualist mother. Cawein's nature poetry perserves a landscape that has all but disappeared. The poems Cawein wrote are visionary. Cawein died of an apopletic attack on December 8, 1914. [Kentucky Encyclopedia, p. 176.]

From the description of Madison Cawein papers : letters and poetry, 1885-1912. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37031593

Louisville (Jefferson Co.), Ky. resident.

From the description of Papers, 1892-1914. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36854613

Poet.

Madison Julius Cawein was born in Louisville, Ky. to German parents on March 23, 1865. He attended Male High School, graduating in 1886. Cawein cited the influence of the English Romantic poets on his own work, particularly Keats, Shelly, Coleridge, Tennyson, Browning and Wordsworth. His first publication, BLOOMS OF THE BERRY (1887), was praised by critics William Dean Howells, and James Whitcomb Riley. Cawien was recognized as a poet of nature since his works often reflected his interest in Kentucky flora and fauna. Joyce Kilmer wrote that Cawein was "the greatest nature poet of his time" (CATHOLIC WORLD, March 1917). Before his sudden death at the age of forty-nine in 1914, Cawien published thirty books.

From the description of Madison Cawein papers, 1889-1914 (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 16780387

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Subjects:

  • American poetry
  • Poets, American
  • Poets, American
  • Poets, American
  • Mental health
  • Nature in literature
  • Prose poetry, American

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  • Kentucky (as recorded)
  • Kentucky--Jefferson County (as recorded)

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