“H. D.’s” work is commonly regarded as the most perfect embodiment of the Imagist theory.
Bibliography
- Sea Garden. 1916.
- Hymen. 1921.
- Also in: Des Imagistes. 1914.
- Some Imagist Poets. 1915, 1916.
- The Egoist. (Passim.)
Studies and Reviews
- Lowell.
- Untermeyer.
- Bookm. (Lond.) 51 (’17): 132.
- Chapbook, 2 (’20): No. 9, p. 22. (Flint.)
- Dial, 72 (’22): 203. (May Sinclair.)
- Egoist, 2 (’15): 72 (Flint); 88 (May Sinclair).
- Little Review, 5 (’18): Dec., p. 14. (Pound.)
- Lond. Times, Oct. 5, 1916: 479.
- Poetry, 20 (’20): 333.
- Poetry Journal, 7 (’17): 171.
Born near Lexington, Kentucky, 1849, of Scotch-Irish Revolutionary ancestry. A. B., A. M., Transylvania University; and honorary higher degrees. Taught in various schools and colleges. Since 1886 has given his time entirely to writing. Nature lover. Describes the Kentucky life that he knows.
Bibliography
- Flute and Violin and Other Kentucky Tales and Romances. 1891.
- The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky and Other Kentucky Articles. 1892.
- John Gray—a Novel. 1893.
- *A Kentucky Cardinal. 1895.
- Aftermath. 1896.
- A Summer in Arcady. 1896.
- The Choir Invisible. 1897. (Novel; play, 1899.)
- Two Gentlemen of Kentucky. 1899.
- The Reign of Law. A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields. 1900.
- *The Mettle of the Pasture. 1903.
- The Bride of the Mistletoe. 1909.
- The Doctor’s Christmas Eve. 1910.
- The Heroine in Bronze, or A Portrait of a Girl. 1912.
- The Last Christmas Tree. 1914.
- The Sword of Youth. 1915.
- A Cathedral Singer. 1916.
- The Kentucky Warbler. 1918.
- The Emblems of Fidelity. 1919.