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Rare Integrity : a portrait of L. W. Payne, Jr. / Hansen Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Hansen, author.
- Series:
- Texas Folklore Society extra book ; 29.
- Texas Folklore Society extra book ; 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Payne, Leonidas Warren, 1873-1945.
- Payne, Leonidas Warren.
- Critics--United States--Biography.
- Critics.
- College teachers--United States--Biography.
- College teachers.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- University of Texas--Faculty--Biography.
- University of Texas.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource.)
- Edition:
- [New edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Leonidas Warren Payne, Jr. (1873-1945), counted Robert Frost among his friends and a member of the inner circle of poets who embraced him and sought his advice. He altered forever the perception of Texas when he created the Texas Folklore Society that continues to record, publish, and promote Texas history, myth, music, and customs. He guided J. Frank Dobie back into The University of Texas fold, where Dobie produced his finest work and established a voice for Texas literature. L. W. Payne, Jr., influenced generations of American school children through his anthologies that became basic English textbooks.Drawing upon Payne's own writing, interviews with former colleagues and students, and private letters lain undisclosed since Payne's death, Rare Integrity reveals a portrait of a man whose great gift of creative generosity and warmth of heart enabled him to see a person as the person wished to be seen"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Kristina Downs
- An introductory note
- Rare integrity
- Alabama and the early years
- A folklore father
- Fighting for Dobie
- A Cummings critic
- Of Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Promoter and critic
- Frost's friend
- England 1938
- Anthologies
- Professor Payne
- The quiet life
- A literary legacy.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-57441-842-4
- OCLC:
- 1269411330
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