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James William Whilt, often referred to as "The Poet of the Rockies," was an American poet renowned for his vivid depictions of the natural beauty and rugged life of the Rocky Mountains. Born on June 30, 1878, in Lawrence, Kansas, Whilt spent much of his life immersed in the landscapes that inspired his poetry.
The introduction to The Sugar Cane mentions the exoticism and novelty of his new surroundings as Grainger's main reason for writing his "West-India georgic", coupled with the example of adaptations of the Classical model to domestic subjects such as John Philips' Cyder (1708) and John Dyer's The Fleece (1757) - which Grainger had been among the few to review favourably on its first appearance.
James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading.
James Wright, In Defense Against This Exile. Letters To Wayne Burns., edited with an introduction by John R. Doheny (1985) Above the River, The Complete Poems, introduction by Donald Hall (Noonday Press, University Press of New England, and Wesleyan University Press, 1990) Selected Poems (2005)
James Montgomery (4 November 1771 – 30 April 1854) was a Scottish-born hymn writer, poet and editor, who eventually settled in Sheffield. He was raised in the Moravian Church and theologically trained there, so that his writings often reflect concern for humanitarian causes, such as the abolition of slavery and the exploitation of child ...
The Kingis Quair ("The King's Book") [1] [2] is a fifteenth-century Early Scots poem attributed to James I of Scotland. It is semi-autobiographical in nature, describing the King's capture by the English in 1406 on his way to France and his subsequent imprisonment by Henry IV of England and his successors, Henry V and Henry VI .
Buckdancer's Choice (1965) is a collection of poems by James Dickey. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Poetry [1] in 1966 and the Melville Cane Award from the Poetry Society of America. [2] The opening poem, "The Firebombing," relates a World War II pilot's memory of a night air raid on Beppu, Japan. The New York Times reviewer Joseph ...
James Vincent Tate (December 8, 1943 – July 8, 2015) was an American poet. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst [1] [2] [3] and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.