Robert Loveman
Robert Loveman (April 11, 1864 – July 10, 1923) was an American poet. Robert Loveman was born to a Jewish family in Cleveland, Ohio, he was educated at the Dalton Academy in Dalton, Georgia, later attending the University of Alabama where he received his A.M. Loveman lived with Friedman relatives at the Battle Friedman House while attending the University of Alabama. It was during this time he lived there that he wrote his famous "Rain Song" poem, inspired by the gardens surrounding the house.
Robert Loveman
- Born
- 1864
- Died
- 1923
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- University of Alabama
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Born in 1864, died in 1923.
Robert Loveman studied at University of Alabama.
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- 1.https://www.jta.org/1930/12/22/archive/poems-of-loveman-occupy-16-pages-in-georgia-verse-book "Poems of Loveman Occupy 16 Pages in Georgia Verse Book," The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, December 20, 1930, accessed April 19, 2019.
- 2.Trent, William Peterfield (editor). Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse. Page 502. The MacMillan Company, 1905.
- 3.https://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/coolathoole/2009/02/13/robert-loveman-poem-song-and-a-little-jewish-history-too/ Chen, Amy, "Robert Loveman: Poem, Song, and a little Jewish History Too!," The University of Alabama Libraries, "Cool @ Hoole", February 13, 2009, accessed April 19, 2019.
- 4.https://www.isjl.org/georgia-dalton-encyclopedia.html "Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities - Dalton, Georgia," Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, accessed April 19, 2019.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Poems (1897) https://archive.org/details/poemsxxx00loveiala
- A Book of Verses (1900) https://books.google.com/books?id=e9AtAAAAMAAJ
- Songs from a Georgia Garden: and Echoes from the Gates of Silence (1904) https://books.google.com/books?id=e94tAAAAMAAJ
- The Blushful South and Hippocrene: Being Songs (1909) https://books.google.com/books?id=xAw1AAAAMAAJ
- The Gates of Silence With Interludes of Song (1903) https://books.google.com/books?id=xQw1AAAAMAAJ
- On the Way to Willowdale: Being Other Songs from a Georgia Garden (1912) https://books.google.com/books?id=VNAtAAAAMAAJ
- Sonnets of the Strife: With Songs (1917) https://books.google.com/books?id=fN4tAAAAMAAJ
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