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 Conrad Aiken Quotes
2,631 words, approx. 9 pages
 Conrad Potter Aiken ( 5 August 1889 – 17 August 1973 ) American writer and poet Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Chance Meetings 1.2 Discordants 1.3 All Lovely Things 1.4 The House of Dust (1916 - 1917) 1.5 Preludes for Memnon (1935) 2 External links //... 
 
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Conrad Aiken | | Birth Date: |
1889 | | Death Date: |
1973 | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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poet, essayist, novelist |
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 Biography of Conrad Aiken
1,154 words, approx. 4 pages
Conrad (Potter) Aiken (1889-1973), poet, essayist, novelist, and critic, was one of America's foremost men of letters and a major figure in American literary modernism. In Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow," a young boy named Paul withdraws from... summary from source:
Biography of Conrad Aiken
10,158 words, approx. 34 pages
 Conrad Aiken's long and productive literary career has prompted such descriptions of him as "the buried giant of twentieth-century American writing" (Malcolm Cowley), "the best known unread poet of the twentieth century" (Louis Untermeyer), and... summary from source:
 Biography of Conrad (Potter) Aiken
3,064 words, approx. 10 pages
Conrad Aiken 's works--twenty-six volumes of poetry, five novels, forty-one short stories, two volumes of criticism, and one play--present a range of achievement that made him "one of the few genuine men of letters left in our world today," as Allen...
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 Conrad Aiken Information
676 words, approx. 2 pages
Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5 1889 – August 17 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, born in Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes poetry, short stories, novels, and an...
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 Dayton Daily News Angel Aiken
08/28/2004: 1,743 words, approx. 6 pages Nice guy finishes first in the hearts in the hearts of his fans So, with American Idol star Clay Aiken arriving in town for his first Dayton-area show, we thought it would be fun to ask the Claymates just what it is they... summary from source:
Sunday News Lancaster, PA Aiken goes Dickens
11/27/2005: 622 words, approx. 2 pages Jim Ruth Entertainment Editor jruth@lnpnews.com He could have rested on the laurels and the holly of his 2004 Christmas tour, but Clay Aiken wanted something more for his Joyful Noise 2005 concert. So he created his own minimusical context for songs from his...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Nancy Ciucevich Story
10,482 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Story attempts to provide new insight into the themes, structure, and rhythms of Aiken's Preludes for Memnon, arguing that previously, Aiken's poems have been analyzed not in their own right but almost exclusively from the point of view of his parent's violent deaths.
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Critical Essay by Jennifer Aldrich
9,323 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Aldrich examines Aiken's poetry and prose, but speaks of him particularly in terms of a poet who sees and responds to a dual world—the interior, individualized life of the mind, and the exterior, more anonymous world outside.
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Critical Essay by Helen Hagenbuechle
8,483 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Hagenbuechle argues that in Aiken's search for a poetic language and style that would be adequate both to awaken and to articulate human consciousness, he turned to the language of music
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 Essay Grade: 83%Living in an Igloo
711 words, approx. 2 pages
Conrad Aiken was a short story writer, poet, critic and novelist. Most of his work reflected his interest in psychoanalysis and the development of identity and "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" was no exception. In the story the main character, Paul Hasleman isolates himself from the rest of the world by creating an extended daydream.
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