Edwin Arlington Robinson Child of Scorn

About the Book

Edwin Arlington Robinson: Child of Scorn examines from a psychological standpoint Robinson's works and their relation to his own life. Robinson was a famous American poet, the winner of three Pulitzer prizes for poetry. In addition to his major works, he is particularly well-known for his short poems, including Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy, which many people memorized in school.

Robinson was born in 1869 and died in 1935. His life was a troubled one. His emotional problems and conflicts as reflected in his work are carefully analyzed in this book.

About the Author

Alexander Grinstein, M.D., is a practicing psychoanalyst. He is past president of the Sigmund Freud Archives, New York, and of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. For many years he was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit, Michigan. His wife, Adele, a clinical psychologist, has worked together with him on all his previous publications.