R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965)

Author of Form and Value in Modern Poetry

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Includes the names: Richard P. Blackmur, edited by R. P. Blackmur

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Works by R. P. Blackmur

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Form and Value in Modern Poetry (2017) 67 copies

Henry Adams (1980) 42 copies

American short novels (1960) — Editor — 33 copies

Language as Gesture: Essays in Poetry (1952) 27 copies

Eleven Essays in the European Novel (1964) 26 copies, 1 review

Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur (1986) 23 copies

The Lion and the Honeycomb: Essays in Solicitude and Critique (1977) 16 copies

Poems of R. P. Blackmur (1978) 16 copies

Studies in Henry James (1983) 15 copies

Lectures in Criticism (1961) 13 copies

A primer of ignorance (1967) 6 copies

The expense of greatness (1981) 5 copies

The double agent : essays in craft and elucidation (2013) 5 copies

Riddle of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1962) 4 copies

Outsider at the Heart of Things: Essays (1989) 4 copies

Revival (1980) 2 copies

The good European 2 copies

Dirty hands; or, The true-born censor (1930) 1 copy

Parody and critique notes on Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus 1 copy

The second world / [by] R. P. Blackmur 1 copy

All Things Are a Flowing [poem] 1 copy

From Jordan's Delight (1937) 1 copy

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The Wings of the Dove (1902) — Introduction, some editions — 3,753 copies, 49 reviews

The American (1877) — Introduction, some editions — 2,278 copies, 28 reviews

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (1839) — Afterword, some editions — 2,224 copies, 20 reviews

The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories (1832) — Afterword — 550 copies, 3 reviews

American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson (2000) — Contributor — 442 copies, 1 review

Critical Theory Since Plato (1971) — Contributor, some editions — 434 copies, 1 review

The Tragic Muse (1890) — Introduction, some editions — 328 copies, 5 reviews

The Art of the Novel: Critical Prefaces (1970) — Editor, some editions — 244 copies, 1 review

T.S. Eliot: A Collection of Critical Essays (1962) — Contributor — 142 copies

A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry (1929) — Contributor — 138 copies, 2 reviews

Anna Karenina [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1970) — Contributor — 136 copies, 2 reviews

The Aspern Papers • The Spoils of Poynton (1888) — Introduction — 133 copies

Twentieth Century American Poetry (1944) — Contributor — 109 copies, 2 reviews

American Sonnets: An Anthology (2007) — Contributor — 80 copies

Praising It New: The Best of the New Criticism (2008) — Contributor — 27 copies, 1 review

The Collected Novels of Conrad Aiken (1964) — Introduction — 26 copies

Direction, Volume 1, Number 2 (Jan-March 1935) — Contributor — 1 copy

Direction Vol.1 No.3 (April-June 1935) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Blackmur, R. P.
Legal name: Blackmur, Richard Palmer
Other names: Hobbs, Perry
Birthdate: 1904-01-21
Date of death: 1965-02-02
Gender: male
Education: self-educated
Occupations: literary critic
poet
professor
editor
essayist
Organizations: American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association of University Professors
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Princeton University (professor)
Cambridge University (professor) (show all 8)
The Kenyon Review (editor)
Hound & Horn (editor)
Awards and honors: Library of Congress Fellow in American Letters
Rockefeller Fellowship
Litt.D., Rutgers University
M.A., Cambridge University
Relationships: Tate, Allen (teacher)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Eleven Essays in the European Novel by R. P. Blackmur

Discerning and erudite essays on several great European Novels. The special emphasis on the works of Dostoevsky make this collection one the essential works for any reader who is interested in Russian literature.

Jul 28, 2022