Allen Tate Quotes

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Allen Tate, an American poet, was born on November 19, 1899, and passed away on February 9, 1979. He is renowned for his profound depiction of Southern culture and his unique contributions to modernism.

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Famous Allen Tate Quotes

“Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation.”

Deals Theory Psychological Compensation Executive Compensation

Book:the man of letters in the modern world

Source: the man of letters in the modern world

“I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides may have a great deal to do with it.”

May Dream Three Deals Mechanism Repression

Book:the man of letters in the modern world

Source: the man of letters in the modern world

“Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them.”

Doe States Reason Deals Serious Conflict Fundamentals

Book:Essays of Four Decades

Source: Essays of Four Decades

About the Author

Born: November 19, 1899
Died: February 9, 1979
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 79

Books & Sources

Collected Poems, 1919-1976Related source material

the man of letters in the modern worldRelated source material

Essays of Four DecadesRelated source material

Poems, 1920-1945: A SelectionRelated source material

PoemsRelated source material

T. S. Eliot: The Man and His WorkRelated source material

The Hovering Fly: And Other EssaysRelated source material

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