Allen Tate (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
John Orley Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Kentucky, on November 19, 1899, the third son of Eleanor Varnell and John Orley Tate. His early education was somewhat sporadic, but in 1918 he entered Vanderbilt University, where he began to dedicate himself to literature in the company of such writers as John Crowe Ransom, Donald Davidson, and Robert Penn Warren, with whom he was active in the Fugitive and Agrarian movements. In 1924 Tate married Caroline Gordon. In 1959 he married Isabella Gardner, and, in 1966, Helen Heinz.
Best known as a poet, Tate is also the author of...
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Aeneas at Washington (Poetry)Ode to the Confederate Dead (Poetry)Poetry of Tate, The (Masterplots Classics)English and American Poetry in the Twentieth Century (Topical Overview--Poetry)Explicating Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)
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