Time's Glory
Original Essays on Robert Penn Warren
James A. Grimshaw Jr.
- Robert
- Penn
- Warren,
- the
- first
- U.S.
- Poet
- Laureate,
- has
- received
- every
- honor
- this
- country
- can
- bestow
- on
- a
- writer.
- Warren
- has
- written
- fiction,
- nonfiction,
- and
- poetry,
- and
- has
- proven
- to
- be
- one
- of
- the
- most
- versatile
- writers
- in
- modern
- times.
- Now,
- seven
- original
- essays
- on
- Warren's
- writing,
- written
- by
- leading
- scholars
- and
- students,
- have
- been
- brought
- together
- in
- one
- volume.
- In
- Warren's
- fiction
- sloth,
- or
- acedia,
- is
- the
- deadliest
- of
- sins.
- Frances
- Bixler
- examines
- this
- theme
- as
- it
- courses
- through
- five
- novels.
- World
- Enough
- and
- Time
- and
- The
- Cave
- both
- are
- analyzed
- in
- chapters
- of
- their
- own.
- Warren's
- volume
- of
- poetry
- Altitudes
- and
- Extensions
- is
- given
- a
- close
- reading,
- while
- his
- nonfiction
- works,
- particularly
- The
- Legacy
- of
- the
- Civil
- War
- and
- Jefferson
- Davis
- Gets
- His
- Citizenship
- Back,
- are
- also
- critiqued.
- The
- breadth
- and
- depth
- of
- Robert
- Penn
- Warren's
- canon
- of
- work
- are
- illustrated
- by
- the
- essays
- collected
- by
- James
- A.
- Grimshaw,
- Jr.
- Although
- many
- books
- have
- been
- written
- on
- Warren
- and
- his
- work,
- to
- cover
- such
- a
- wide
- range
- of
- his
- work
- in
- one
- volume
- is
- a
- rare
- achievement.
- James
- A.
- Grimshaw,
- Jr.,
- is
- a
- professor
- in,
- and
- head
- of,
- the
- Department
- of
- Literature
- and
- Languages
- at
- East
- Texas
- State
- University.
- His
- publications
- include
- Robert
- Penn
- Warren:
- A
- Descriptive
- Bibliography
- and
- Robert
- Penn
- Warren's
- "Brother
- to
- Dragons":
- A
- Discussion .
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