Peter Davison (1) (1928–2004)
Author of The Fading Smile: Poets in Boston, from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath,
For other authors named Peter Davison, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Peter Davidson is the poetry editor of The Atlantic Monthly, and lives in Boston.
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Works by Peter Davison
The Fading Smile: Poets in Boston, from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath, (1994) 75 copies, 2 reviews
One of the Dangerous Trades: Essays on the Work and Workings of Poetry (Poets on Poetry) (1991) 6 copies
Content and Taste: Religion and Myth (Literary Taste, Culture, and Mass Communication, Vol 7) (1978) 1 copy
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 1,010 copies, 7 reviews
A Controversy of Poets: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, (1965) — Contributor — 83 copies
Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (1999) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review
Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (2019) — Contributor — 15 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1928-06-27
- Date of death
- 2004-12-29
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Harvard College
University of Cambridge (St. John's College) - Occupations
- editor
publisher - Organizations
- The Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic Monthly Press
Houghton Mifflin - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1972)
Fulbright Scholar - Relationships
- Davison, Jane (wife)
Davison, Edward (father) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Colorado, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Place of death
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Massachusetts, USA
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Reviews
The fading smile : poets in Boston, 1955-1960 from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath by Peter Davison
Pleasant and somewhat gossipy discussion of the major poets who lived and worked in Boston in the late 1950s. A dozen or so poets get a chapter or major discussion each using first-hand reminiscences, archival sources, and published memoirs. Considering the seriousness with which these poets viewed themselves, this book is surprisingly lightweight.
The Fading Smile: Poets in Boston, 1995-1960, from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath by Peter Davison
Wonderful, wonderful book, giving a great deal of background information about these poets.
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- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 183
- Popularity
- #118,258
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 81