![]() ![]() Especially I am moved at how he saw his spirituality and his political life intertwined, perhaps even in some profound sense, one. Push comes to shove, there can be little doubt what were his spiritual sympathies, particularly in his later years.Īnd, I have to say is how much my sympathies are with him. But later, I would like to say in his mature years, whether he formally joined or not, he was actively associated with that Brooklyn congregation, from which, most tellingly, he was buried. It’s clear Markham took a path exploring the range of spiritualities available in his time, including spiritualism and Swedenborgianism. It would appear his earliest spiritual influence was from Thomas Lake Harris, a one time Universalist minister, and by the time Markham knew him, a spiritualist, and socialist activist. While I find a few references that state outright that Markham was a Universalist, or even a life long Universalist, I notice most draw a somewhat finer line, saying he was a frequent attender at Universalist worship services, and that he was buried from the Universalist church in Brooklyn. ![]() Of course it is the religious connection that I think of mostly. While perhaps not so well remembered today, he was highly respected and honored in his lifetime. But, also he was invited to read his poem “Lincoln, Man of the People” at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. Providing access to these items and strive to include contextual information for them through descriptive records and, whereĬonsidered necessary, statements attached to digitized objects that issue a warning about potentially sensitive content.Beyond my spiritual circles it his poem “The man with the Hoe” that is perhaps best remembered, and it is the poem that earns him that association with labor. The Archives of the University of Virginia are committed to Were collected and thus constitute an important social record. However, these records reflect the shared attitudes and values of the community from which they Materials are products of their particular time and place and may represent positions, norms, values, and language which patrons Some materials contained within our collections and madeĭigitally accessible may not be consistent with the positions, norms, and values of the University of Virginia community. Historical records in the interests of teaching, research, and learning. Digital access to the materials enhances their use and promotes wider availability of The respective archives of the University of Virginia value access to their growing collections of materials that document the Potentially Offensive Materials Disclaimer Frank Crane.Įarly life Found in 1 Collection or Record: She is supposedly related to Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, and the publicist, Dr. He was an early promoter of her work, stating, "some of the critics explained the work by insisting that the child was some sort of medium, an instrument unaware of what was played upon it others, considering the book a hoax, scorned the fact that any child could have written verses so smooth in execution and so remarkable in spiritual overtones" and that "the appeal of such lines is not that they have been written by a child but by a poet." knowledge of history and archeology found in these pages place them beyond the reach of any juvenile mind."Ĭrane was dubbed "The Brooklyn Bard" by the time she was 13 and became part of the Louis Untermeyer poetry circle during her late teens, with Untermeyer contributing an introduction to her 1936 volume Swear by the Night and Other Poems. They are beyond the powers of a girl of twelve. She was elected into the British Society of Authors, Playwrights, and Composers in 1925 and later became a professor of English at San Diego State University.Īfter the publication of her second volume of poetry, Lava Lane, poet Edwin Markham implied that the publications were probably a hoax, stating "It seems impossible to me that a girl so immature could have written these poems. Her poetry was first published in The New York Sun when she was only 9 years old, the paper unaware that she was a child. Nathalia Clara Ruth Crane (11 August 1913 – 22 October 1998) was a poet and novelist who became famous as a child prodigy after the publication of her first book of poetry, The Janitor's Boy, written at age 10 and published two years later. ![]()
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