Vachel Lindsay

Lisa Woolley

Ed. by Emory Elliott, University of California, Riverside
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 10 Nov 1879
Died 5 Dec 1931
Activity 1899-1931

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

Primary

Art Theorist/ Historian/ Critic
Essayist
Film Theorist/ Critic
Lecturer
Pamphleteer
Poet

Resources

Lindsay's Works

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Vachel Lindsay's lifelong concerns with national unity can be traced to his birth in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln's hometown. His father, Vachel Thomas Lindsay, was a physician from Kentucky. His mother, Catharine Frazee Lindsay, was active in the Campbellite church and, although also from a southern background, remembered Lincoln with admiration. “Mason and Dixon's line runs straight through our house in Springfield still,” confessed Lindsay, “and straight through my heart.”

For three years, Lindsay attended Hiram College in Ohio; he then began studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. Next, he enrolled in the New York School of Art, where he studied with William M. Chase and Robert Henri. His parents provided financial support reluctantly, and he earned a little

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Citation: Woolley, Lisa. "Vachel Lindsay". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 January 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2745, accessed 22 November 2024.]