A Comparative-Historical Analysis of Juan Ramon Jimenez and North American Poetry

FAIN: FA-11248-75

Howard T. Young
Pomona College (Claremont, CA 91711-4434)

To make an historical-comparative study of the relationship between the modern Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez and North American poetry. Sources to be utilized include unpublished translations, marginalia, letters, and miscellaneous notes; this material involves Edgar Lee Masters, E.A. Robinson, Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, and others. Project will constitute the first major study of influence of North American poetry on a key Spanish writer.