Modernism – Buckeye Muse

Published A Century Ago: Vachel Lindsay’s “The Congo and Other Poems.”

By buckeyemuse | December 23, 2014 |

It was 100 years ago that Midwestern poet Vachel Lindsay achieved prominence with his collection The Congo and Other Poems. Lindsay, born in Springfield, Illinois in 1879, had published a volume in 1913 called General William Booth Enters Into Heaven and Other Poems that garnered attention along with his dramatic public recitations. The Congo and…

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