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| Name: |
Carl Sandburg | | Birth Date: |
January 6, 1878 | | Death Date: |
July 22, 1967 | | Place of Birth: |
Galesburg, Illinois, United States | | Place of Death: |
Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet, biographer, singer |
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Biography of Carl Sandburg
848 words, approx. 3 pages
 An American poet, anthologist, singer of folk songs and ballads, and biographer, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) is best known for his magnificent biography of Abraham Lincoln and his early "realistic" verse celebrations of Chicago. The legend of Carl...
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Biography of Carl Sandburg
6,307 words, approx. 21 pages
 American poet and biographer Carl Sandburg sketched a revealing portrait of himself in the preface to his Complete Poems (1950): "there was a puzzlement," he said, "as to whether I was a poet, a biographer, a wandering troubadour with a guitar, a...
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Biography of Carl Sandburg
4,630 words, approx. 15 pages
 "Poetry," wrote Carl Sandburg in his Good Morning, America, "is a pack-sack of invisible keepsakes. Poetry is a sky dark with wild-duck migration. Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen...



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Carl Sandburg Quotes
1,016 words, approx. 3 pages
 Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. Sourced Under the summer roses When the flagrant crimson Lurks in the dusk Of the wild red leaves, Love, with little hands, Comes and...


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Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967) Summary
996 words, approx. 3 pages A maverick son of Swedish immigrant parents, Carl Sandburg became one of America's best loved poets, as well as one of its most significant. However, he was also a journalist, storyteller, balladeer, and noted biographer of Abraham Lincoln, and...
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Carl Sandburg Information
2,246 words, approx. 8 pages
 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer, and folklorist. He was born in Galesburg, Illinois of Swedish parents. He lived in the midwest, primarily Chicago, and in 1945 moved to a...




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Star tenor Jerry Hadley on life support
7/12/2007: 372 words, approx. 1 pages Celebrated tenor Jerry Hadley remained hospitalized Thursday for a gunshot wound police said was self-inflicted.Hadley created the title role in composer John Harbison's "The Great Gatsby" at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the lead in Paul McCartney's "Liverpool Oratorio." Leonard Bernstein chose him to...
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Star tenor Jerry Hadley on life support after apparent suicide attempt, police said
7/12/2007: 372 words, approx. 1 pages Celebrated tenor Jerry Hadley remained hospitalized Thursday for a gunshot wound police said was self-inflicted.Hadley created the title role in composer John Harbison's "The Great Gatsby" at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the lead in Paul McCartney's "Liverpool Oratorio." Leonard Bernstein chose him to...
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Today in history - July 13
7/13/2007: 500 words, approx. 2 pages Today is Friday, July 13, the 194th day of 2007. There are 171 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 13, 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.On...
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Today in history - July 22
7/22/2007: 538 words, approx. 2 pages Today is Sunday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2007. There are 162 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 22, 1933, American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 3/4 hours.On this date:In 1587,...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Gay Wilson Allen
12,752 words, approx. 43 pages
 In the following essay, Wilson details Sandburg's life and literary career, citing significant developments in his later poetry.
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Critical Essay by Anne-Marie Brumm
9,895 words, approx. 33 pages
 In the following essay, Brumm enumerates leitmotifs—including the innocent child, victimized maiden, and death—in Sandburg's Chicago Poems.
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Critical Essay by Chris Beyers
7,851 words, approx. 26 pages
 In the following essay, Beyers links Chicago Poems to poetic tradition, observing that in many cases Sandburg modernized older forms in his verse.
Featured Essays
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"Grass" by Carl Sandburg
789 words, approx. 3 pages
 In his poem "Grass," Carl Sandburg emphasizes the need to remember the people who have died in war for the cause of freedom and chastizes those who go about their daily lives taking their freedom for granted. The straightforward statements in the poem portray the author's disappointment of those who would forget, and Sandburg implores the reader to remember those lives lost in conflict.
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An Analysis of Carl Sandburg Poems
542 words, approx. 2 pages
 Analyzes a selection of Carl Sandburg poems, including Fog and Chicago. Provides biographical detail on the American poet.


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