Gregory S. Taylor

James Larkin Pearson

A Biography of North Carolina's Longest Serving Poet Laureate

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Produktbeschreibung

This biography of James Larkin Pearson employs the poet laureate's words, poems, and prose to tell his life story and to examine modern poetry, amateur journalism, and North Carolina history. The work also examines the Tar Heel spirit and studies the benefits and pitfalls that accrue for those who chart their own path through life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9781498505192
• ISBN-10: 1498505198
• Artikelnr.: 42471021

Autorenporträt

Gregory S. Taylor is associate professor of history at Chowan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Mark Chapter 2: "Over the Range" Chapter 3: C-o-r-a Chapter
4: The Fool Killer Part One: "A Paper of Comment" Chapter 5: The Fool
Killer Part Two: The Paper Evolves Chapter 6: The Will to Get Well Chapter
7: The Pleasure and the Pain Chapter 8: "The Soul of Poetry" Chapter 9:
Poet Laureate Chapter 10: Immortality, Poetry, and Politics Chapter 11: "My
Fingers and My Toes"