American poet John Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) glorified the stern beauties of nature. He saw the human race as doomed and often utilized Greek myths to emphasize man's tragic position in the univers...
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Because he thought "poets lie too much," Robinson Jeffers said in his foreword to The Selected Poetry (1938) he decided "not to pretend to believe in ... irreversible progress; not to say anything bec...
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Robinson Jeffers is one of the great maverick poets of modern American literature. When the verse narrative had all but gone out of style, he continued to write long narrative poems. His meter of choi...
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Biography EssayBecause he thought "poets lie too much," Robinson Jeffers said in his foreword to The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers (1938), he decided "not to pretend to believe in ... irreversib...
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John Robinson Jeffers
(John) Robinson Jeffers
