1. Robinson Jeffers - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887–January 20, 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Jeffers

Robinson Jeffers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers, photographed by Carl Van Vechten , July 9, 1937 Born January 10 Allegheny, Pennsylvania Died January 20 Carmel California Occupation poet, environmentalist Influences Euripides Friedrich Nietzsche William Wordsworth Thomas Hardy ... Walt Whitman Influenced Edward Abbey William Everson Mark Jarman Gary Snyder ... Charles Bukowski John Robinson Jeffers January 10 January 20 ) was an American poet , known for his work about the central California coast. Most of Jeffers' poetry was written in classic narrative and epic form, but today he is also known for his short verse, and considered an icon of the environmental movement. Contents Life Poetic career Influence Quotations ... edit Life Jeffers was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh ), the son of a Presbyterian minister and biblical scholar, Reverend Dr. William Hamilton Jeffers, and Annie Robinson Tuttle. His brother was Hamilton Jeffers , who became a well-known astronomer, working at Lick Observatory . His family was supportive of his interest in poetry. He traveled through Europe during his youth and attended school in Switzerland . He was a child prodigy, interested in

2. Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers is frequently described as the quintessential California poet. Living for many years just south of Carmel, he set many of his long http://www.cateweb.org/CA_Authors/Jeffers.html

Robinson Jeffers by Janice Albert Robinson Jeffers is frequently described as the quintessential California poet. Living for many years just south of Carmel, he set many of his long narratives at specific locations along the coast-Point Sur, Point Lobos and Pico Blanco. Yet, the poet Richard Eberhart says of Jeffers, "When you think of Jeffers you probably think of somebody quite different from yourself for almost nobody has as bleak a view of life as he." Born in 1885, young Robinson was given a thoroughly European education by his father, who kept him in schools abroad until he was fifteen. Well versed in classical languages, as well as French and German, Robin entered the University of Pittsburgh as a sophomore and graduated from Occidental College in southern California in 1905 at the age of 17. He met a fellow student, a young woman, Una Kuster, then working on her Master's degree. Several years passed while they grew to love each other.

3. Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers was born in Pittsburgh. His father was a Presbyterian minister and professor of Old Testament literature, who travelled widely in Europe, http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jeffers.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne (John) Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) American poet and playwright, whose works combined themes from ancient tragedies, Old Testament, and the legend of Christ with dark views and absurdities of modern life. Jeffers called for a poetry of 'dangerous images' which would 'reclaim substance and sense, and psychological reality.' He believed that 'poetry is bound to concern itself chiefly with permanent aspects of life. "I have seen these ways of God: I know of no reason For fire and change and torture and the old returnings." In 1913 married a divorcee, Una Call Kuster, the former wife of a prominent Los Angeles attorney, and moved with her next year to Carmel, on the Monterey cost of California. He built there a stone house and an observation tower. In its shelter he examined the sweeping tides, the cliffs and clouds and mountains. Loyal to his surroundings, Jeffers focused in his poems on the coastal scenery. But what lies beyond the Pacific Ocean, did not interest him much - he read European writers, not Asian. Jeffers's breakthrough collection was TAMAR AND OTHER POEMS, which appeared in 1924. It was praised by T.S. Eliot and established his reputation. The subject of the narrative title poem was incest. It drew loosely on the biblical story of King David's daughter, and exhibited Jeffers's preoccupation with the themes of lust and man's destructiveself-obsession.

4. Robinson Jeffers --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Robinson Jeffers one of the most controversial US poets of the 20th century, for whom all things except his http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043477/Robinson-Jeffers

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5. Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers (18871962). Photo Edward Weston. From Flagons and Apples (1912). And the Stars. From Californians (1916) http://www.sonnets.org/jeffers.htm

Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) Photo: Edward Weston From Flagons and Apples And the Stars From Californians Wonder and Joy Eucalyptus Trees The First Grass When I Behold the Greatest And the Stars Perhaps you did not know how bright last night, Especially above your seaside door, Was all the marvelous starlit sky, and wore White harmonies of very shining light. Perhaps you did not want to seek the sight Of that remembered rapture any more. But then at least you must have heard the shore Roar with reverberant voices thro' the night. Those stars were lit with longing of my own, And the ocean's moan was full of my own pain. Yet doubtless it was well for both of us You did not come, but left me there alone. I hardly ought to see you much again; And stars, we know, are often dangerous. Wonder and Joy The things that one grows tired ofO, be sure They are only foolish artificial things! Can a bird ever tire of having wings? And I, so long as life and sense endure, (Or brief be they!) shall nevermore inure My heart to the recurrence of the springs, Of the gray dawns, the gracious evenings

6. Robinson Jeffers - Wikiquote Letter to Sister Mary James Power (1 October 1934); published in The Wild God of the World An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers (2003), edited by Albert Gelpi http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robinson_Jeffers

Robinson Jeffers From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Long live freedom and damn the ideologies. John Robinson Jeffers ) was an American poet. Contents Sourced Unsourced Quotes of others about Jeffers External links ... edit Sourced Standing on that peak Above the blinding clouds of prejudice, Would we could see all truly as it is; The calm eternal truth would keep us meek. There is in me Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean. I believe that the Universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy, and they are all in communication with each other, therefore parts of one organic whole. I think that one may contribute (ever so slightly) to the beauty of things by making one's own life and environment beautiful, as far as one's power reaches. O that our souls could scale a height like this, A mighty mountain swept o'er by the bleak Keen winds of heaven ; and, standing on that peak Above the blinding clouds of prejudice, Would we could see all truly as it is;

7. Robinson Jeffers - Poems And Biography By AmericanPoems.com John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887January 20, 1962) was an American poet who, after extensive travel in his youth, spent most of his life in Carmel, http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Robinson-Jeffers

Poets Members Poem of the Day Top 40 ... Privacy January 27th, 2008 - we have 237 poets , 8034 poems and 16584 comments Biography of Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers (1887 - 1962) John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887-January 20, 1962) was an American poet who, after extensive travel in his youth, spent most of his life in Carmel, California, USA in a granite home he built for his family with his own hands, which included a large stone tower. He called them "Tor House" and "Hawk ower". His short verse includes "Hurt Hawks", "The Purse-Seine", and "Shine, Perishing Republic". His intense relationship with the physical world is described in often brutal and apocalyptic verse and demonstrates a preference for the natural world over what he sees as the negative influence of civilization. Quotes "There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death." ~ "The Purse-Seine" (1937) "Long live freedom and damn the ideologies." ~ "The Stars Go Over The Lonely Ocean" (1940) "Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains." ~ "Shine, Perishing Republic" (1941)

8. Robinson Jeffers Resurrected: Poet Of The Wilderness Robinson Jeffers is an important and stillneglected American poet. His ecological and literary vision of the land was prophetic. He died on January 20th, http://american-poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/robinson_jeffers

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9. Robinson Jeffers Robinson Jeffers Selected Poems (1965, poetry). Appears on postage stamps USA, Scott 1485 (8 cents, issued 13Aug-1973). Do you know something we don t? http://www.nndb.com/people/117/000113775/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Robinson Jeffers AKA John Robinson Jeffers Born: 10-Jan Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA Died: 20-Jan Location of death: Carmel, CA Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Religion: Presbyterian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Poet Nationality: United States Executive summary: Tamar and Other Poems Father: William Hamilton Jeffers (Presbyterian minister) Mother: Annie Robinson Tuttle Brother: Hamilton Jeffers (astronomer) Wife: Una Call Kuster (m. 3-Aug-1913, d. 1950 cancer) Daughter: (d. in infancy) Son: (twin, b. 1916) Son: (twin, b. 1916) University: University of Western Pennsylvania (attended 1902-03) University: Occidental College (1905) University: University of Zurich (attended 1906) Medical School: University of Southern California (attended 1907-10) University: University of Washington (attended 1910-11) Author of books: Flagons and Apples , poetry) Californians , poetry) Tamar and Other Poems , poetry) Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems

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11. Robinson Jeffers - Poems, Biography, Quotes Free collection of all Robinson Jeffers Poems and Biography. See the best poems and poetry by Robinson Jeffers. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robinson_jeffers

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document.writeln(AAMB1); Jeffers, Robinson Britannica Concise Print Article Email Article Cite Article Robinson Jeffers born Jan. 10, 1887, Pittsburgh, Penn., U.S. died Jan. 20, 1962, Carmel, Calif., U.S. U.S. poet. Born to a wealthy family, he was educated in literature, medicine, and forestry. His lyrics express contempt for humanity and love of the harsh, eternal beauties of nature, notably the California coast near Carmel, where he moved in 1916. His third book, Tamar and Other Poems (1924), cemented his reputation and revealed the unique style and eccentric ideas he later developed in Cawdor Thurso's Landing (1932), and Be Angry at the Sun document.writeln(AAMB2); Images and Media: More on "Robinson Jeffers" from Britannica Concise Big Sur - Scenic region along the Pacific coast of California, U.S. More on "Robinson Jeffers" from the 32 Volume Jeffers, (John) Robinson - one of the most controversial U.S. poets of the 20th century, for whom all things except his pantheistically conceived God are transient, and human life is viewed as a frantic, often contemptible struggle within a net of passions. Anderson, Dame Judith

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14. Robinson Jeffers Brief biography, selected bibliography, and a small selection of poems. http://www.poets.org/rjeff/

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Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) Jeffers' Life and Career Chronology On "Shine, Perishing Republic" On "Hurt Hawks" ... External Links Compiled and Prepared by Cary Nelson Return to Modern American Poetry Home Return to Poets Index

16. Tor House Home The robinson jeffers Tor House Foundation, affiliated with the National To promote the literary and philosophical legacy of robinson jeffers for the http://www.torhouse.org/

ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION The Foundation sponsors events and publishes material designed to preserve and extend the cultural and literary legacy of Robinson Jeffers, poet of California. The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, affiliated with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is a nonprofit organization of volunteer members established in 1978 to acquire, maintain and provide for public access to Tor House, Hawk Tower and the surrounding gardens. News News News Information about our 2008 Reading Series is now available on our events page. The 2008 Prize for Poetry rules are available here A Tor House Exclusive - Tor House is pleased to announce the re-issuing of The Stone Mason of Tor House by Melba Berry Bennett. Melba Berry Bennett won the affection of both Jeffers and Una and after Una’s death became Jeffers’ secretary and worked with him until the end of his life. The result is a biography rich in detail and true to its subject. Jeffers did not reveal himself often to others, so his and Una’s friendship with Bennett represented an unusual opportunity for Bennett to produce an authoritative, sensitive portrait of the poet. This handsome edition, with slipcase, is available exclusively through the Tor House Bookstore, including at our online

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Poem Hunter .com Poet: Robinson Jeffers - All poems of Robinson Jef 1/27/2008 1:05:36 AM Home Poets Poems Lyrics ... SEARCH Robinson Jeffers (1887 - 1962 / USA) Free Poetry E-Book: 43 poems of Robinson Jeffers File Size: 333k File Format: Acrobat Reader To download the eBook right-Click on the title and select "Save Target As". Biography Poems Quotations Comments ... Stats (John) Robinson Jeffers, (1887-1962), Poet, writer; born in Pittsburgh, Pa. He attended six colleges and universities in Europe and America, studying medicine and forestry among other subjects. He began writing in 1912, and, from 1924 on, lived in seclusion by the ocean near Carmel, Calif., wher .. .. more >> Poems Search in the poems of Robinson Jeffers Click the title of the poem you'd like read. Page: Ascent To The Sierras Ave Caesar Be Angry At The Sun Birth-Dues ... Shine, Perishing Republic Page: Quotations "If civilization goes down, that Would be an event to contemplate. It will not be in our time, alas, my dear, It will not be in our time."

18. Robinson Jeffers A selection of jeffers s poems, including Shine Perishing Republic. http://www3.baylor.edu/~Jesse_Airaudi/Robinson_Jeffers.htm

English 4391 20th Century American Poetry the avant-garde: Robinson Jeffers and Edwin Muir In their second volume's review, Rothenberg and Joris note that "the time has been remarkable too for the unprecedented degree of participation by poets in the formulationindividual by individual or group by groupof a large array of speculative poetics: writings that assert autonomy and connect the work and life of each poet to the larger human fate." Part of the array concerns "a widely-held belief that poetry is a part of the struggle to save the wild placesin the world and in the mind..." ("Introduction," Poems for the Millenium II, p.12). Below are some examples of such "wild places," in out of the mind, from the American poetry of Jeffers and the Scots poetry of Muir: Robinson Jeffers The Purse-Seine Rock and Hawk Here is a symbol in which Many high tragic thoughts Watch their own eyes. This gray rock, standing tall On the headland, where the seawind Lets no tree grow, Earthquake-proved, and signatured By ages of storms: on its peak A falcon has perched. I think here is your emblem To hang in the future sky; Not the cross, not the hive, But this; bright power, dark peace; Fierce consciousness joined with final Disinterestedness; Life with calm death; the falcon's Realist eyes and act Married to the massive Mysticism of stone, Which failure cannot cast down Nor success make proud. Ave Caesar No bitterness: our ancestors did it. They were only ignorant and hopeful, they wanted freedom but wealth too. Their children will learn to hope for a Caesar. Or ratherfor we are not aquiline Romans but soft mixed colonists Some kindly Sicilian tyrant who'll keep Poverty and Carthage off until the Romans arrive, We are easy to manage, a gregarious people, Full of sentiment, clever at mechanics, and we love our luxuries.

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20. Robinson Jeffers A reference page on robinson jeffers (1887 1962), polymath anti-modernist philosopher-poet of the natural world builder of Tor House. http://poetry.about.com/od/20thcenturypoets/p/jeffers.htm

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