participation in World War II, a stance that was controversial after the U.S. Influential and highly regarded in some circles, despite or because of his philosophy of “in humanism,” Jeffers believed that transcending conflict required human concerns to be de-emphasized in favor of the boundless whole. However, he is also known for his shorter verse and is considered an icon of the environmental movement. Much of Jeffers’s poetry was written in narrative and epic form. known for his work about the central California coast. Robinson Jeffers (Janu– January 20, 1962) was an American poet.
Tor House docent Lucas Seastrom has produced an introductory film about Jeffers for poet Jimmy Santiago Baca to use at his speaking events. Many people at Tor House helped with its production. Jeffers’ Tor House is a museum today and maintained by the Jeffers Foundation. It was in Tor House that Jeffers wrote all of his major poetical works: the long narratives of “this coast crying out for tragedy,” the shorter meditative lyrics and dramas on classical themes. The stone cottage known as Tor House was designed in imitation of traditional English rural cottages, but Jeffers added the stone tower as his writer’s retreat.
Los Angeles, CA ( The Hollywood Times) 9/8/21 – The American poet Robinson Jeffers built a house for himself, his wife Una, and his children near Carmel on the Monterey Peninsula, in California. By Jim Gilles Tor House built by poet Robinson Jeffers in Carmel
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