Albert Gelpi is the Coe

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of American Literature Emeritus at Stanford University. He taught literature, particularly poetry, there between 1968 and 2002. Gelpi also wrote a trilogy of literary criticism involving

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: *''The Tenth

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: The Psyche of the American Poet'' *''A Coherent Splendor: The American Poetic Renaissance, 1910–1950'' *''American Poetry after

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: The Power of the Word'' Gelpi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1977 for his work in American literature. His books are held in libraries worldwide.

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