Fannie Stearns Davis Gifford (March 6, 1884[1] - 1958[2]) was an American poet.
Life[]
Davis was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Smith College with an A.B. in 1904.[1] She taught English at Kemper Hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1906-1907.[3]
She later married Augustus McKinstrey Gifford,[1] and lived in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Myself and I. New York: Macmillan, 1913;
- Memorial edition (with biographical sketch by Raymond Caulkins). Boston: Thomas Todd, 1959.[2]
- Crack o' Dawn. New York: Macmillan, 1915.
- The Ancient Beautiful Things. New York: Macmillan, 1923.
Non-fiction[]
- The Sunrise Prayer Meeting (as Fannie Stearns Gifford). Boston: privately published, 1916.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
Souls, Fannie Stearns Davis. Audiobook
Poems by Fannie Stearns Davis[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Davis, Fannie Stearns, Appendix A: Biographical information, The Little Book of Modern Verse, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. Bartleby.com, Web, May 7, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Myself and I, Mount Hope Books. Web, May 7, 2015.
- ↑ Fannie Stearns Davis Gifford, Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and study outlines (edited by John Matthews Manly & Edith Rickert). Library of Alexanria, 1929, p.1921. Google Books, Web, May 7, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Fannie Stearns Davis, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, May 7, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Fannie Stearns Davis in The New Poetry: An anthology: "Profits," "Souls"
- Fannie Stearns Gifford in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "Death in the Sun," "Apology"
- Davis in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922: "Profits," "Two Songs of Conn the Fool," "Storm Dance," "In an Old Logging-house," "Tonight"
- Fannie Stearns Davis at PoemHunter (17 poems)
- Audio / video
- Books
- Fannie Stearns Davis Gifford at Amazon.com
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