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Reuben Arthur Brower (1908–1975)

Author of Beginning with Poems: An Anthology

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About the Author

Reuben Arthur Brower was Cabot Professor of English at Harvard University.

Includes the names: R. A. Brower, Reuben Brower, Reuben A. Brower, ed. Reuben Brower, ed. Reuben A. Brower, Reuben Arthur Brower, editor Reuben A. BROWER, Selected with an Introduction and Notes By Reuben

Works by Reuben Arthur Brower

Beginning with Poems: An Anthology (1966) — Editor — 44 copies

The Fields of Light: An Experiment in Critical Reading (1962) 27 copies

Alexander Pope: The Poetry of Allusion (Oxford Paperbacks, No. 149) (1986) 26 copies

On translation (1967) — Editor — 22 copies, 1 review

The Poetry of Robert Frost: Constellations of Intention (1963) 21 copies

Hero and Saint: Shakespeare and the Graeco-Roman Heroic Tradition (1971) 9 copies

Mirror on Mirror: Translation, Imitation, Parody (Havard Studies in Comparative Literature; Vol 33) (1974) 7 copies

In Defense of Reading: A Reader's Approach to Literary Criticism (1962) 6 copies

Twentieth Century Literature in Retrospect (1971) 4 copies

Forms of Lyric: Essays of the English Institute (1970) 4 copies

Poetry of Robert Frost 1 copy

I.A. Richards: Essays in His Honor 1 copy

Dryden 1 copy

Associated Works

The Iliad (0700) — Editor, some editions — 47,187 copies, 445 reviews

Coriolanus (1623) — Editor, some editions — 3,211 copies, 57 reviews

Pride and Prejudice [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1966) — Contributor — 191 copies, 1 review

Classics in Translation, Volume I: Greek Literature (1952) — Translator — 84 copies

Daedalus, Winter 1972: Myth, Symbol, and Culture (1974) — Contributor — 61 copies, 1 review

Dryden (2019) — Selection — 34 copies

A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition (2010) — Contributor — 23 copies

Perspectives on poetry (1968) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Birthdate: 1908
Date of death: 1975
Gender: male
Education: Amherst College
Occupations: literary historian
Organizations: Harvard University
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Pennsylvania, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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On translation by Reuben A. Brower

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Christian Gauss Award

Alexander Pope: The Poetry of Allusion (Oxford Paperbacks, No. 149) (Winner – 1960)

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