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Loading... Tristramby Edwin Arlington Robinson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Being a long poem which retells the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde (here, Tristram and Isolt). The long poem genre was on life support even when this was written, and the poem is a good example of why; it's rambling, abstruse, and repetitious. The poem's action, such as it is, isn't terribly difficult to follow, and Robinson is a fine poet who can be counted on to drop in some beautiful poetry from time to time. Still, this basically comes down to two characters telling each other over and over how much they love each other, except when they don't. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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1927. Robinson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry three times in the 1920's, a record exceeded only by Robert Frost. Tristram is the third of Robinson's long Arthurian-related poems, preceded by Merlin and Lancelot. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)821.109Literature English English poetry 1066-1400 Early English period, medieval periodLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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