The Road to the Spring

James Perrin Warren

ISBN 10: 0815633459 / ISBN 13: 9780815633457

Published by Syracuse University Press, US, 2014

About this Item

The Road to the Spring is the first book publication of Mary Austin's (1868-1934) poems. Best known for her prose book The Land of Little Rain (1903), Austin was in fact a poet from the beginning of her career to the end, even though she never published a volume dedicated to her own original poetry. Instead, Austin's work came to light in collections of poetry and in prestigious journals such as Poetry, the Nation, the Forum, Harper's, and Saturday Review of Literature, among many others. The Road to the Spring contains more than 200 poems, most of which can only be found in out-of-print books, magazines, and periodicals, and her unpublished manuscripts archived at the Huntington Library. This singular publication includes her original work, poems she claimed to have written with her grammar school pupils at the end of the nineteenth century, and her translations and ""re-expressions"" of Native American songs, which often diverge greatly from any other known sources. Warren includes an introduction, laying out Austin's place in American literature and situating her writings in feminist, environmentalist, regionalist, and Native American contexts. He also includes notes for those new to Austin's work, glossing Native terms, geographical names, and the ethnological sources of the Native songs she re-creates.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Road to the Spring
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815633459
• ISBN 13: 9780815633457
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 756 grams

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Synopsis

<p>The Road to the Spring is the first book publication of Mary Austin’s<br> (1868–1934) poems. Best known for her prose book The Land of Little<br> Rain (1903), Austin was in fact a poet from the beginning of her career to<br> the end, even though she never published a volume dedicated to her own<br> original poetry. Instead, Austin’s work came to light in collections of poetry<br> and in prestigious journals such as Poetry, the Nation, the Forum, Harper’s,<br> and Saturday Review of Literature, among many others.<br> The Road to the Spring contains more than 200 poems, most of which<br> can only be found in out-of-print books, magazines, and periodicals, and<br> her unpublished manuscripts archived at the Huntington Library. This singular<br> publication includes her original work, poems she claimed to have<br> written with her grammar school pupils at the end of the nineteenth century,<br> and her translations and "re-expressions" of Native American songs,<br> which often diverge greatly from any other known sources. Warren includes<br> an introduction, laying out Austin’s place in American literature and<br> situating her writings in feminist, environmentalist, regionalist, and Native<br> American contexts. He also includes notes for those new to Austin’s work,<br> glossing Native terms, geographical names, and the ethnological sources<br> of the Native songs she re-creates.</p>

About the Author

<p>James Perrin Warren is S. Blount Mason, Jr. Professor of English<br> at Washington and Lee University.</p>