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| Name: |
James Merrill | | Variant Name: |
James Ingram Merrill | | Birth Date: |
March 3, 1926 | | Death Date: |
February 7, 1995 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Place of Death: |
Tucson, Arizona, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, author, poet, playwright |
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 Biography of James (Ingram) Merrill
8,539 words, approx. 29 pages
 With the completion of The Changing Light at Sandover (1982), which presents the revised "sacred books" of his philosophical verse trilogy with the addition of a coda, James Merrill earned his place as one of the most original and major poets of the... summary from source:
Biography of James (Ingram) Merrill
7,936 words, approx. 27 pages
James Merrill's poetic career has moved steadily from accomplishment to vision; it is no extravagance to predict that his "sacred" books, when completed, will be regarded as a major poetic statement. But "sensational effects have subtle causes,"... summary from source:
 Biography of James Merrill
4,255 words, approx. 14 pages
A lyrical and mystical poet often compared to W. H. Auden and William Butler Yeats, James Merrill (1926-1995) is best known for his series of poems inspired by the automatic writing and messages of spirit guides through the medium of an Ouija board.... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 James Merrill Information
1,542 words, approx. 5 pages
 James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet and one of the most acclaimed American poets of his generation. His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist (if...
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 The Independent - London OBITUARY: James Merrill
02/09/1995: 894 words, approx. 3 pages James Ingram Merrill, poet: born New York City 3 March 1926; died Tucson, Arizona 6 February 1995. James Merrill was the son of a grotesquely successful stockbroker, co-founder of the firm Merrill Lynch. His childhood was exclusive and pampered, until his father, a... summary from source:
World Literature Today James Merrill. Collected Poems. (book review)
03/22/2002: 586 words, approx. 2 pages J. D. McClatchy, Stephen Yenser, eds. New York. Knopf. 2001. xxv + 885 pages $40. ISBN 0-375-41139-9 (70941-X paper) THE EROTIC LIFE was James Merrill's central theme. But in Merrill's poetry, passion runs its course without great politics, with precious little at... summary from source:
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5/4/2007: 467 words, approx. 2 pagesEASTSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A man faces up to five years in prison for tampering with grape juice that made 40 people sick following communion at Calvary Baptist Church in Darien. Wendell Woodroffe, 29, pleaded guilty to charges that he poured dishwashing liquid into the...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Ross Labrie
10,766 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following excerpt, Labrie surveys the poetry of Merrill's Water Street, Nights and Days, and Braving the Elements.
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