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'''David H. Morton''' (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American [[poet]].<ref name="Untermeyer1921">{{cite book|author=Louis Untermeyer|title=Modern American Poetry|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uGFKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA346|year=1921|publisher=Harcourt, Brace|pages=346–}}</ref>
'''David H. Morton''' (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American [[poet]].<ref name="Untermeyer1921">{{cite book|author=Louis Untermeyer|title=Modern American Poetry|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uGFKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA346|year=1921|publisher=Harcourt, Brace|pages=346–}}</ref>


Born in [[Elkton, Kentucky]], he graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in 1909.<ref name="University1915">{{cite book|author=Vanderbilt University|title=Vanderbilt University Quarterly|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SiLOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1915|publisher=Vanderbilt University.|pages=53–}}</ref><ref name="Robert Francis">{{cite book| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KCOYS5Rerr8C&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=David+Morton+poet&source=bl&ots=FuYRivgNj1&sig=TbmAFA1gygoN25BljEEeMqWxkz8&hl=en&ei=WUVFSpWBIpPoMf-l_bMC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10| title=The trouble with Francis| author=Robert Francis | isbn=978-0-87023-083-7 | year=1971 | publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press}}</ref> Morton played on the varsity football team. After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville ''Courier-Journal'', he became a teacher in the high school at [[Morristown, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/~bblair/bav22_2.htm&date=2009-10-26+00:42:18|title=WebCite query result|website=www.webcitation.org|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> Beginning in 1924, he taught at [[Amherst College]].<ref name="Robert Francis" />
Born in [[Elkton, Kentucky]], he graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in 1909.<ref name="University1915">{{cite book|author=Vanderbilt University|title=Vanderbilt University Quarterly|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SiLOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1915|publisher=Vanderbilt University.|pages=53–}}</ref><ref name="Robert Francis">{{cite book| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KCOYS5Rerr8C&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=David+Morton+poet&source=bl&ots=FuYRivgNj1&sig=TbmAFA1gygoN25BljEEeMqWxkz8&hl=en&ei=WUVFSpWBIpPoMf-l_bMC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10| title=The trouble with Francis| author=Robert Francis | isbn=978-0-87023-083-7 | year=1971 | publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press}}</ref> Morton played on the varsity football team. After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville ''Courier-Journal'', he became a teacher in the high school at [[Morristown, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/~bblair/bav22_2.htm |title=WebCite query result |website=www.webcitation.org |access-date=2016-04-10 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5knx53V5m |archivedate=October 26, 2009 }}</ref> Beginning in 1924, he taught at [[Amherst College]].<ref name="Robert Francis" />


His work appeared in ''Harper's Magazine.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harpers.org/subjects/DavidMorton|title=David Morton {{!}} Harper's Magazine|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> He is noted for having written a fan letter to [[Dashiell Hammett]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IxrtoE0ByisC|title=Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960|last=Hammett|first=Dashiell|date=2002-04-01|publisher=Counterpoint|isbn=9781582432106|language=en}}</ref>
His work appeared in ''Harper's Magazine.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harpers.org/subjects/DavidMorton|title=David Morton {{!}} Harper's Magazine|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> He is noted for having written a fan letter to [[Dashiell Hammett]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IxrtoE0ByisC|title=Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960|last=Hammett|first=Dashiell|date=2002-04-01|publisher=Counterpoint|isbn=9781582432106|language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 08:53, 4 July 2016

David H. Morton (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American poet.[1]

Born in Elkton, Kentucky, he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1909.[2][3] Morton played on the varsity football team. After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville Courier-Journal, he became a teacher in the high school at Morristown, New Jersey.[4] Beginning in 1924, he taught at Amherst College.[3]

His work appeared in Harper's Magazine.[5] He is noted for having written a fan letter to Dashiell Hammett.[6]

Awards

Works

Poetry

  • "The Kings Are Passing Deathward", Poetry X
  • Poems: 1920-1945. A.A. Knopf. 1945.
  • Poems of a Lifetime. Watermark Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-58235-075-2.
  • Ships in the Harbor. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1921.

Criticism

  • David Morton (1929). The renaissance of Irish poetry: 1880-1930. I. Washburn.

Editor

  • David Morton, ed. (1970). Shorter Modern Poems, 1900-1931. Books for Libraries Press. ISBN 978-0-8369-6152-2.
  • David Morton, ed. (1929). Amherst Undergraduate Verse 1929. The Poetry Society of Amherst College.

Anthologies

Reviews

What is there in David Morton's verse that seems to save it, that intervenes in moments of irritation with its punctional urbanity? There is not an original line in it. Not one cry, one intense expression comes from it; one vision that the poet has kept from his privileged dreaming, which can draw the mind an inch out of even the shallowest rut.[8]

References

  1. ^ Louis Untermeyer (1921). Modern American Poetry. Harcourt, Brace. pp. 346–.
  2. ^ Vanderbilt University (1915). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vanderbilt University. pp. 53–.
  3. ^ a b Robert Francis (1971). The trouble with Francis. Univ of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-0-87023-083-7.
  4. ^ "WebCite query result". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved 2016-04-10. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "David Morton | Harper's Magazine". Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  6. ^ Hammett, Dashiell (2002-04-01). Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960. Counterpoint. ISBN 9781582432106.
  7. ^ Shaw, Albert (1920-01-01). The American Review of Reviews. Review of Reviews.
  8. ^ Isidor Schneider (1922). Poetry. H. Monroe.

Sources

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