John Crowe Ransom (30 April 1888 - 3 July 1974 / Pulaski Tennessee)

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John Crowe Ransom was an American poet, essayist, magazine editor, and professor.

Life

Ransom was the third of four children of a Methodist minister. His family was highly literate. As a child, he read his family's library and engaged his father in passionate discussions. He published five main books of poetry, four books of essays, and edited three anthologies. He also published one textbook on writing, A College Primer of Writing (1943).

Ransom was home schooled until age ten, and entered Vanderbilt University at fifteen, graduating first in his class in 1909. He interrupted his studies for two years to teach sixth and seventh grades in Taylorsville,... more »

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