Jane Anderson Jones

Florida in Poetry: A History of the Imagination Jane Anderson Jones

Publisher Marketing: -- The first comprehensive anthology of Florida poetry from some of the earliest European encounters with the peninsula to the experiences of contemporary poets-- A cross-section of voices enchanted by, complaining about, wondering at, bemused by, and disgusted with Florida's environment and character-- Includes poems by Bartolome de Flores, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill, Edmund Skellings, May Swenson, Richard Wilbur, Donald Justice, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Enid Shomer, and Ricardo Pau-LIosa, among many others-- A delightful blend of old and modern poetry that poets and students will appreciate Contributor Bio:  Jones, Jane Anderson Jones is a professor of English and Humanities of Manatee Community College. Contributor Bio:  O'Sullivan, Maurice Professor of English, (1975; 1980) and Kenneth Curry Chair in Literature; A. B., Fairfield University; M. A., Ph. D., Case Western Reserve University. Professor O'Sullivan specializes in 18th-century English literature, minority literature, popular culture, and Florida studies. In addition to articles on literature and pedagogy, he has published The Florida Reader (1991); Florida in Poetry (1995); Smith's Book of Job (1996); Crime Fiction and Films in the Sunshine State (1997); Shakespeare's Other Lives (1997); Elizabeth and Orange Pulp (2000); Shakespeare Plays the Classroom (2003).