Albert Gelpi

Albert Gelpi is the Coe Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Stanford University. ^[1] He taught literature, particularly poetry, there between 1968 and 2002.

Gelpi also wrote a trilogy of literary criticism involving American poetry: ^[2]

• The Tenth Muse: The Psyche of the American Poet
• A Coherent Splendor: The American Poetic Renaissance, 1910–1950
• American Poetry after Modernism: The Power of the Word

Gelpi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1977 for his work in American literature. ^[3] His books are held in libraries worldwide. ^[4] He earned degrees from Loyola University New Orleans (BA), Tulane University (MA), and Harvard University (PhD).

References

1. "Albert Gelpi | Department of English". english.stanford.edu. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
2. Axelrod, Steven Gould (March 2017). "American Poetry After Modernism: The Power of the Word by Albert Gelpi | Twentieth-Century Literature | Duke University Press" . Twentieth-Century Literature. 63 (1): 94–101. doi:10.1215/0041462X-3833523. S2CID   164411532 . Retrieved January 17, 2018.
3. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Albert J. Gelpi".
4. Emily Dickinson : the mind of the poet (Book, 1971) [WorldCat.org]. OCLC   2143558.