Jennie Thornley Clarke
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Born | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | September 20, 1860
Died | December 27, 1924 Winston-Salem, U.S. | (aged 64)
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Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Nashville |
Notable works | Songs of the South. Choice Selections from Southern Poets from Colonial Times to the Present Day |
Jennie Thornley Clarke (September 20, 1860 – December 27, 1924) was an American educator, writer, and
Early years and education
Jennie Thornley Clarke was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 20, 1860.[1] She said she was a native Georgia although she was born among the first families of Vermont. Her father, John Archer Clarke, was a poet; he died in early manhood. Brought up in a library and carefully taught by her mother, Mary Ellis (West) Clarke, Jennie was twice graduated with the highest honors; first, by a female college in Georgia and afterwards (in 1889), by the University of Nashville.[2]
Career
Immediately elected to the chair of Latin in the State Industrial College in Mississippi, she remained there until called to the same chair in the Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville. Her extraordinary memory seemed to contain a whole library, and every line of Virgil or Horace recalled to her a wealth of illustrations from ancient and modern English poets. This exceptional acquaintance with poetry, coupled with her ability and experience as a critic, made her singularly fit for the task she undertook, that of collecting the highlights of southern poetry in a volume under the title of Songs of the South. She wrote for many periodicals, chiefly educational.[2]
Songs of the South
Songs of the South. Choice Selections from Southern Poets from Colonial Times to the Present Day (Lippincott, 1896) was collected and edited by Clarke. It included an appendix of brief biographical notes. The volume was said to have decided interest. About 150 southern poets were represented by one or more poems,
Death
Clarke died in Winston-Salem on December 27, 1924.[1]
Selected works
- Songs of the South. Choice Selections from Southern Poets from Colonial Times to the Present Day (1896)
References
- ^ a b "Jenny Thornley Clarke 20 September 1860 – 27 December 1924 • LBZ1-TQK". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ a b Peter Paul Book Co. 1896, p. 127.
- ^ a b Leypoldt 1897, p. 28.
- ^ Wanamaker 1897, p. 217.
Bibliography
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Leypoldt, Frederick (1897). The Literary News: A Monthly Journal of Current Literature. Vol. 18 (Public domain ed.). F. Leypoldt.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Peter Paul Book Co. (1896). The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review. Vol. 8 (Public domain ed.). Buffalo, N.Y.: Peter Paul Book Co.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Wanamaker, John (1897). Book News. Vol. 15 (Public domain ed.). John Wanamaker.