John Crowe Ransom was one of the most versatile and significant men of letters of his generation. As poet Isabel Gambel MacCafrey has written, "he provided a small but accurate mirror of the modern sensibility. . . . He has been celebrated rightly, as...

John Crowe Ransom was one of the most versatile and significant men of letters of his generation. As poet, Isabel Gambel MacCafrey has written, "he provided a small but accurate mirror of the modern sensibility. In ... [his poems] are reflected the...

Born in Pulaski, Tennessee, John Crowe Ransom grew up in the many small towns near Nashville that his father, John J. Ransom, served as a minister of the Methodist church. Educated at home until he was ten, Ransom entered public school in October 1898....

John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), American poet, critic, and agrarian champion, was the center of the "Fugitive" group, of the Southern Agrarians, and of the New Critics. John Crowe Ransom was born in Pulaski, Tennessee., on April 30, 1888. He received...