Table of Contents

Preface
1. Youth of Genius, 1889–1913
2. New Poet, 1913–1922
3. Apparitional Schemer, 1923–1939
4. Nonpublishing Poet, 1940–1949
5. Resurrected Genius, 1950–1953
6. International Poet in Residence, 1954–1959
7. Autobiographer, 1950s and 1960s
8. Local Celebrity, 1960–1967

Notes
Index

About the Author

Craig Abbott, a professor emeritus of Northern Illinois University, is author of several studies on modern American poetry.

Reviews

Once picked up, cannot easily be put down.
*Midwest Book Review*

Jaw-dropping in places, Abbott's book entertains beyond a constant escalation of Iris' audacity and narcissism. There is also much wit.
*Chronicle of Higher Education*