Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1976-1996.

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Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1976-1996.

Comprises 32 items, 32 leaves correspondence plus manuscripts for publication. Contains essay by Pinsky about Elizabeth Bishop. Also includes translation by Pinsky of Dante Alighieri's Inferno, cantos II and V. Oversize galley in folder 5422.

8 folders.

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Pinsky, Robert

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American poet and literary critic, was born in 1940 in New Jersey. He studied English at Rutgers University (BA, 1962) and Stanford Univeristy (MA and PhD, 1967). He has taught at the University of Chicago (1966-67), Wellesley College (1967-1980), and the Univeristy of California, Berkeley, (1980-present). Since 1979 he has been poetry editor for The new republic. From the description of Robert Pinsky papers, circa 1960-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019356 ...

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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Prolific poet, Florentine exile, and advocate of the Italian vernacular's destined role in the diffusion of literature, philosophy, and political thought. Dante's Divine Comedy proves its importance as a testimony to the beliefs, customs, and the contemporary experience of the late medieval period whose sense of vision prefigures the first signs of Renaissance civilization. This collection original works, criticial works, and memorabilia remains the largest of its kind outside of Italy (Enciclop...

Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979

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Poet Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and had an often difficult childhood in Canada and New England. She wrote poetry in her youth, and developed as a writer at Vassar, where her friends included Mary McCarthy and Marianne Moore. In 1946 she published a book of poetry titled North and South, and travelled to Brazil, where she remained for fifteen years. Her 1956 book of poetry, A Cold Spring, won the Pulitzer Prize; her verse was noted for precision and balance. She also p...