Kent, Rockwell 1882-1971

Overview

Works:	850 works in 1,680 publications in 8 languages and 38,279 library holdings
Genres:	Poetry Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Juvenile works Biography Frame stories History Satirical literature Drama Psychological fiction
Roles:	Author, Editor, Illustrator, Artist, Author of introduction, Honoree
Classifications:	PS3201, 821.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Rockwell Kent

Wilderness : a journal of quiet adventure in Alaska by Rockwell Kent( )
A northern Christmas : being the story of a peaceful Christmas in the remote and peaceful wilderness of an Alaskan island by Rockwell Kent( )
Rockwell Kent : an anthology of his works by Rockwell Kent( Book )
Salamina by Rockwell Kent( Book )
N by E by Rockwell Kent( Book )

An American saga : the life and times of Rockwell Kent by David Traxel( Book )
Rockwellkentiana : few words and many pictures by Rockwell Kent( Book )
The illustrations of Rockwell Kent : 231 examples from books, magazines and advertising art by Rockwell Kent( Book )
The big why : a novel by Michael Winter( Book )
This is my own by Rockwell Kent( Book )
My wilderness : an Alaskan adventure by Claudia McGehee( Book )
Wilderness : a Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska--Including Extensive Hitherto Unpublished Passages from the Original Journal by Rockwell Kent( )
Rockwell Kent by Rockwell Kent( Book )
Rockwell Kent : the early years : [Exhibition] Bowdoin College, Museum of Art, 1969 by Rockwell Kent( Book )
Rockwell Kent : the art of the bookplate by Don Roberts( Book )
Later bookplates & marks of Rockwell Kent : with a preface by the artist by Rockwell Kent( Book )
Rockwell Kent by Rockwell Kent( Book )
Rockwell Kent by Merle Armitage( Book )
Voyaging southward from the Strait of Magellan by Rockwell Kent( Book )
It's me, O Lord : the autobiography of Rockwell Kent by Rockwell Kent( Book )

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Most widely held works by Rockwell Kent

The Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer( Book )

40 editions published between 1930 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England). The pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to each other to pass the time on their journey to Canterbury

World-famous paintings by Rockwell Kent( Book )

9 editions published in 1939 in English and held by 1,659 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Moby Dick; or, The whale by Herman Melville( Book )

51 editions published between 1930 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture

Candide, or, Optimism : a new translation, backgrounds, criticism by Voltaire( Book )

33 editions published between 1928 and 2004 in English and held by 1,589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From the Publisher: In this witty political satire about a gentle man plagued by misfortune who clings to the belief that "all is for the best," Voltaire mocks the "eternal optimist" philosophy of his day that proclaimed human and natural disasters are a part of a larger cosmic plan

Paul Bunyan by Esther Shephard( Book )

20 editions published between 1924 and 2006 in English and held by 1,569 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of exploits of the legendary lumberjack and his blue ox Babe

N by E by Rockwell Kent( Book )

49 editions published between 1930 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An account of the author's voyage from Nova Scotia to Greenland in cutter Direction, 1929 with Arthur S. Allen, Jr., and another American. Shipwreck south of Godthaab; impressions of life in Greenland

The complete works of William Shakespeare : the Cambridge edition text by William Shakespeare( Book )

30 editions published between 1936 and 1946 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In addition to complete indexes and a glossary, there is a compact modern synopsis of each play. Brief, accurate and informative historical data, giving the consensus of the opinions of generations of leading commentators as to the source, date, and authenticity of each, precede every play

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio( Book )

16 editions published between 1930 and 1972 in English and held by 913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature

The prints of Rockwell Kent : a catalogue raisonné by Dan Burne Jones( Book )

3 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 827 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Provides the first definitive catalogue raisonne of Kent's prints

Beowulf, a new verse translation for fireside and class room by William Ellery Leonard( )

5 editions published between 1932 and 1996 in English and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. - Amazon

Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman( Book )

22 editions published between 1925 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 639 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1855 Whitman published at his own expense a volume of 12 poems, Leaves of Grass, which he had begun working on probably as early as 1847. It was criticized because of Whitman’s exaltation of the body and sexual love and also because of its innovation in verse form—that is, the use of free verse in long rhythmical lines with a natural, “organic” structure

Voyaging southward from the Strait of Magellan by Rockwell Kent( Book )

27 editions published between 1924 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This work by Kent is an absorbing account of a trip that he made in a small sail boat along the bleak coasts of Tierra del Fuego to Cape Horn in the 1920s. Kent called Tierra del Fuego "the worst frontier in the world" and the characters that inhabited this land "the very dregs of humankind"

A northern Christmas : being the story of a peaceful Christmas in the remote and peaceful wilderness of an Alaskan island by Rockwell Kent( )

8 editions published between 1941 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 493 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

How a father and son find the spirit of Christmas in the Alaskan wilderness

The mountains wait by Theodor Broch( Book )

11 editions published between 1933 and 1943 in English and Undetermined and held by 417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Autobiography

Distant shores : the odyssey of Rockwell Kent by Constance Martin( Book )

7 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent accompanies a traveling exhibition of Kent's wilderness artwork, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This handsome volume features 80 paintings, prints, and drawings - more than 50 in full color - related to Kent's sojourns in the wilderness. Included in this collection are several paintings from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg that have not been seen by audiences outside of Russia in more than 40 years. Kent's dramatic black and white illustrations for the 1930 edition of Herman Melville's Moby Dick - still considered an American classic - are also featured. The essays describe Kent's career as a painter, printmaker, book designer, illustrator, and writer, as well as his extraordinary life as an explorer."--Jacket

It's me, O Lord : the autobiography of Rockwell Kent by Rockwell Kent( Book )

7 editions published between 1955 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A treasury of sea stories by Gordon C Aymar( Book )

4 editions published in 1948 in English and Undetermined and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"An enkindled eye" : the paintings of Rockwell Kent, a retrospective exhibition by Richard V West( Book )

7 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Robinson Jeffers : the man & his work by Lawrence Clark Powell( Book )

6 editions published between 1932 and 1970 in English and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rockwell Kent's forgotten landscapes by Scott R Ferris( Book )

3 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rockwell Kent gave 86 of his paintings to the Soviet people. This book discusses that decision and shows that collection which has been unseen by western eyes for forty years

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