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The enduring specter of E.A. Robinson.
It has been a long while--seventy-two years, to be exact--since Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) was hailed in his obituaries as America's foremost poet. In recent times, his work has been tacitly dismissed as old hat. Few current candidates for MFA degrees in creative writing, I suspect, have ventured any deeper into it than "Miniver Cheevy" and "Richard Cory"--items still, as the poet himself remarked, "pickled in anthological brine." Even back in his critical study of 1969, Ellsworth Barnard was sadly marveling that in the thirty years following the poet's death his name and fame had suffered a "slow return to obscurity." Ever since, that process seems only to have ...
- Richard Cory
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature James D. Hart January 1, 1986 700+ words
Richard Cory, poem by Robinson .
- `Edwin Arlington Robinson': A poet's life that's worth resurrecting.("Edwin...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Kurp, Patrick May 9, 2007 700+ words
...was wrong about "Richard Cory." In his loving reclamation of Robinson's literary reputation...Simon's rewrite of Robinson's poem: "The character of Richard Cory is sketched impressionistically in the poem. Robinson furnishes no concrete...
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature James D. Hart January 1, 1986 700+ words
Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869...house,” to which Robinson later replied: “...of the wealthy and wise Richard Cory, who committed suicide...the President helped Robinson escape from work as inspector...
- Robinson's 'Hillcrest.' (Edwin Arlington Robinson)
- Magazine article from: The Explicator Kerby, Steve March 22, 1993 700+ words
...best, Edwin Arlington Robinson is known these days for...handful of poems: "Richard Cory," "Miniver Cheevy...and regrets; Here, Robinson ingeniously extends the...In this stanza, Robinson establishes narrative...
- Music to Their Ears.
- Magazine article from: Instructor (1990) McParland, Roberts April 1, 2000 700+ words
...Bookends," and he adapted the theme of Edward Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory," about a wealthy and unhappy man, in his song of...might also share the text of A.R. Gurney's play Richard Cory.) Andrew Lloyd Webber and
- A sobering tale.(alcoholism; includes related article)
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Phipps, Lang Picker, Lauren December 1, 1996 700+ words
...was hiding. Instead, he used to call me "Richard Cory," the subject of E.A. Robinson's poem, who was, of course, the "gentleman...his head." Perhaps the message was that Richard Cory might have had a secret like my own. I could...
- Simon & Garfunkel are still wistfully essential.(The Orange County Register)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Wener, Ben September 4, 2001 700+ words
...Peculiar Man"). They railed against the Establishment ("Richard Cory") and pondered losing their religion ("Blessed"). By...left you." Side 2? Some of their finest hits _ "Mrs. Robinson," "A Hazy Shade of Winter," "Fakin' It" _ all complements...
- Works of Thomas Hardy: Character Analyses
- Reference information from: Monarch Notes Hardy, Thomas January 1, 1963 700+ words
...with the provocation of Bathsheba. Respected as a "gentleman" by the community, he is like Edward Arlington Robinson's Richard Cory who "fluttered pulses" when he greeted his neighbors, but who rarely mixed in their company. The villagers...
Source: HighBeam Research, The enduring specter of E.A. Robinson.