Allen Tate

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Allen Tate was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the Southern Agrarians, known for his formal verse and influential literary essays.

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Allen Tate canonical 8

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instanceOf Southern Agrarian ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
professor ⓘ
awardReceived Bollingen Prize for Poetry ⓘ
National Medal for Literature ⓘ
birthName John Orley Allen Tate ⓘ
coAuthorOf I’ll Take My Stand ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-11-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-02-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Vanderbilt University ⓘ
familyName Tate ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName John Orley ⓘ
influenced American New Critics ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
influencedBy John Crowe Ransom ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Fugitive Poets ⓘ
Southern Agrarians ⓘ
movement Modernism ⓘ
New Criticism ⓘ
Southern Agrarians ⓘ
notableWork Essays of Four Decades ⓘ
Ode to the Confederate Dead ⓘ
Reactionary Essays on Poetry and Ideas ⓘ
Reason in Madness ⓘ
The Fathers ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Winchester, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
placeOfBurial Sewanee, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
linked to: Sewanee, Tennessee
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress ⓘ
editor of The Sewanee Review ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Caroline Gordon ⓘ
Isabel Loring ⓘ
writingStyle formal verse ⓘ

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