Alexander Smith is a remarkable example of the young poet who meets with great initial success but then fades into obscurity. His first major poem, "A Life-Drama," was overrated by its earliest critic...
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Alexander Smith was an aspiring poet who, his highly acclaimed early work soon discredited and ridiculed as "spasmodic," turned to prose in the hope of finding a new literary career. In doing so, he i...
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Alexander Smith