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Allen, Gay Wilson 1903-1995
Overview
| Works: |
151
works in
828
publications in
1
language and
29,889
library holdings
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| Genres: |
Biography
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Poetry
Handbooks and manuals
Study guides
Bibliography
History
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
Juvenile works
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| Roles: |
Author, Editor, Publishing director, Author of introduction, Other, Contributor, Honoree
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| Classifications: |
PS3201,
811.3 |
Most widely held works about
Gay Wilson Allen
Most widely held works by
Gay Wilson Allen
The solitary singer : a critical biography of Walt Whitman by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
55
editions published
between
1955
and
1985
in
English
and held by
2,398
libraries
worldwide
Waldo Emerson : a biography by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
21
editions published
between
1981
and
1996
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,915
libraries
worldwide
A detailed biography of Emerson's life which also analyzes the development of his poetry and prose
A reader's guide to Walt Whitman by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
50
editions published
between
1970
and
1997
in
English
and held by
1,665
libraries
worldwide
Allen provides an introduction to intelligent reading and study of Whitman
Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman (
Book
)
47
editions published
between
1941
and
1996
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,660
libraries
worldwide
The kit analyses 'Leaves of Grass' and demonstrates the style and structure of Whitman's poetry
William James : a biography by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
2
editions published
in
1967
in
English
and held by
1,510
libraries
worldwide
The first full-scale life of the philosopher in more than 30 years
Walt Whitman handbook by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
33
editions published
between
1946
and
1962
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,506
libraries
worldwide
American poetry by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
12
editions published
between
1965
and
1966
in
English
and held by
1,270
libraries
worldwide
Nearly 700 poems by fifty poets, from colonial times to the present
Literary criticism, Pope to Croce by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
34
editions published
between
1941
and
1981
in
English
and held by
1,193
libraries
worldwide
Selections from 39 critics
William James by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
50
editions published
between
1967
and
1971
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,121
libraries
worldwide
Carl Sandburg by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
23
editions published
between
1971
and
1973
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,096
libraries
worldwide
Examines the life and career of American poet Carl Sandburg, and considers his literary legacy
American prosody by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
29
editions published
between
1935
and
2012
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,077
libraries
worldwide
Walt Whitman as man, poet, and legend. With a check list of Whitman publications, 1945-1960 by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
26
editions published
between
1961
and
1980
in
English
and held by
1,052
libraries
worldwide
The artistic legacy of Walt Whitman; a tribute to Gay Wilson Allen
(
Book
)
6
editions published
in
1970
in
English
and held by
852
libraries
worldwide
Walt Whitman abroad by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
2
editions published
in
1955
in
English
and held by
778
libraries
worldwide
Critical essays from Germany, France, Scandinavia, Russia, Italy, Spain, and Latin America, Israel, Japan, and India
Melville and his world by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
13
editions published
in
1971
in
English
and held by
751
libraries
worldwide
St. John de Crèvecoeur : the life of an American farmer by Gay Wilson Allen (
Book
)
7
editions published
in
1987
in
English
and held by
681
libraries
worldwide
"In St. John de Crèvecoeur, Gay Wilson Allen and Roger Asselineau reconstruct the life of this remarkable man--eyewitness to the American and French revolutions, and one of the first voices of our national consciousness"--Jacket, page [3]
Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman (
Book
)
34
editions published
between
1958
and
2005
in
English
and held by
462
libraries
worldwide
The great American classic in the 1892 "Death-Bed" edition
Walt Whitman's poems : selections with critical aids by Walt Whitman (
Book
)
24
editions published
between
1955
and
1968
in
English
and held by
94
libraries
worldwide
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Associated Subjects
American literature American poetry Art appreciation Authors, American Biographers Bookbinders Books and reading California--San Francisco Children's poetry, American Criticism Dibner, Bern Diplomats Emerson, Ralph Waldo, England--Bath English language--Versification Epic poetry, American Epic poetry, English Examinations Farmers France Holloway, Emory, Intellectuals James, William, Leather bindings (Bookbinding) Leaves of grass (Whitman, Walt) Literature Love poetry Melville, Herman, Naturalists Nature Novelists, American Philosophers Photography, Artistic Poems (Whitman, Walt) Poetry Poets, American Politics and government Printing Private presses Psychologists Rare books Sandburg, Carl, Self in literature St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, Transcendentalists (New England) United States Versification Weston, Edward, Whitman, Walt, Wood-engraving
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Alternative Names
Allen, Gay W.
Allen, Gay Wilson
Wilson Allen, Gay
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