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Peter M. Sacks

Author of The English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats

4 Works 46 Members

About the Author

Peter M. Sacks is an associate professor in the Writing Seminars and the Department of English at the Johns Hopkins University.

Works by Peter M. Sacks

The English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats (1985) 30 copies

Woody Gwyn (1994) 12 copies

Necessity (2002) 2 copies

In These Mountains (1986) 2 copies

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Birthdate: 1950
Gender: male
Occupations: academic (English and American Literature, Harvard University)
painter
poet
Relationships: Graham, Jorie (wife)
Kassel, Barbara (wife)
Nationality: South Africa
Places of residence: Port Elizabeth, South Africa (birth)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Normandy, France

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Christian Gauss Award

The English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats (Winner – 1985)

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Works: 4
Members: 46
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Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 6

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