num_pages: 216
description: Taking a new approach to the study of Robert Penn Warren's imposing and still growing poetic canon, Floyd C. Watkins has found in the poems what he describes as a ""poetic autobiography"" unparalleled in American letters. Drawing on interviews with Warren, members of his family, and contemporaries from his hometown, but keeping the poetry itself constantly at the center of his vision, Watkins shows how the poetry has grown from the experience of the boy and man and from his contemplation of his
language: English
title: Then and Now: The Personal Past in the Poetry of Robert Penn Warren
titlecomplete: Then and Now: The Personal Past in the Poetry of Robert Penn Warren
publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky