Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1869–1948)
Author of The little book of modern verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets
About the Author
Image credit: Rollins College
Works by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
The little book of modern verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets (1913) — Editor — 35 copies
The second book of modern verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets (1977) 23 copies, 1 review
The Lifted Cup 2 copies
The secret bird 1 copy
The Door of Dreams 1 copy
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Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1869-12-08
- Date of death
- 1948-09-28
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
- Occupations
- literary critic
anthologist
poet
lecturer - Organizations
- Poetry Society of America [founding member]
University of Virginia (papers) - Awards and honors
- Frost Medal (1930)
- Relationships
- Scollard, Clinton (spouse)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Mount Morris, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Winter Park, Florida, USA
- Place of death
- Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
A much more serious collection than the cute title indicates, including not only standard poets but samples of work by much more obscure writers.
The second book of modern verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
modern" poetry as of 1919. The only names I recognized were Vachel Lindsey and Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Statistics
- Works
- 7
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 87
- Popularity
- #211,167
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 15