Abstract
Textual, contextual, and critical evidence suggests, but does not prove, that Robinson Jeffers worked on the first version of Point Alma Venus (a precursor to The Women at Point Sur) prior to Tamar. If so, this abandoned attempt helps clarify his transition from the conventional, allegorically controlled The Coast-Range Christ to the narrative mode that first emerges in Tamar. It also points to the need to reconsider the relationship of the long poems from this period (Tamar, Roan Stallion, and The Tower Beyond Tragedy) to The Women at Point Sur. That is, the recovery of the Alma Venus material provides a basis for a reconsideration of Jeffers’ aesthetic and conceptual development in this, the most crucial, period in his development.
Recommended Citation
Hunt, Tim
(2018)
""Tho this is my last tale": When Did Jeffers Write the First Version of Point Alma Venus,"
Jeffers Studies: Vol. 20, Article 4.
Available at:
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/js/vol20/iss1/4