Robert P. T. Coffin
Robert P. T. Coffin
1892 – 1955
1892 – 1955
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Bowdoin Professor Robert P. T. Coffin signs copies of his books of poetry at the Pennsylvania College for Women in 1939. (2)
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Click above to see newspaper clippings and to read the extensive correspondence
between the Maine State Library and Robert P. T. Coffin. (7)
Covers of Books
Covers of Books
Coffin’s Strange Holiness won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1936
Text Excerpts & Access to Books
Text Excerpts & Access to Books
Reprint of Coffin's essay Night of Lobster that appeared in Down East Magazine (10)
Click the link to read Kennebec Crystals from Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature (8)
Read Robert P. Tristram Coffin’s poetry at the PoetryFoundation.org (9)
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Obituary
Obituary
A tribute to Robert Tristram Coffin read in the United States Senate after his death in 1955. (5)
Photo Credits and Sources:
1.”Coffin, Robert P. Tristram.” Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature, vol. 1, Gale, 2009, pp. 323-326. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3008100106/GPS?u=brun84057&sid=GPS&xid=97e77df6. Accessed 19 May 2021.
2. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:PCW000030
3. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/877606.Robert_Peter_Tristram_Coffin?from_search=true&from_srp=true
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58674856/robert-peter_tristram-coffin
5. https://li.proquest.com/elhpdf/histcontext/CR-1955-0201.pdf
https://www.scene4.com/archivesqv6/2017/may-2017/0517/carlasullwold0517.html
7. https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1127&context=maine_writers_correspondence
8. Kennebec Crystals from Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature
9. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/search?query=robert+coffin
10. https://downeast.com/food-drink/night-of-lobster/
11. https://downeast.com/our-towns/christmas-in-maine/
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