In the sprawling landscape of twentieth-century American letters, few figures cast as long or as peculiar a shadow as Louis Untermeyer. Born on October 1, 1885, in New York City, and dying ninety-two years later on December 18, 1977, in Newtown, Connecticut, Untermeyer occupied a unique position in American cultural life. He was not primarily remembered as a great poet himself, though he published volumes of verse. H…
“It is the non-conformers, the innovators in art, science, technology, and human relations who, misunderstood and ridiculed in their own times, have shaped our world.”
Neighbourhood:
American Poets, Light Verse Poets, Modernist Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Despair, Sorrow, Longing
In the annals of Irish history, few figures embody the complex intersection of literature and revolution as completely as Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh. Born on February 1, 1878, in the small Tipperary town of Cloughjordan, and executed by firing squad on May 3, 1916, at the age of thirty-eight, MacDonagh's brief life encompassed an extraordinary range of achievements. He was a teacher who co-founded Ireland's first te…
“The poet is the interpreter of the world to men, and the interpreter of men to the world.”
Neighbourhood:
Irish Poets, Political Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Despair, Longing
