Anna Campbell was given custody of her two sons, moving them back to her home in Tennessee. Shortly after his birth, Jarrell's parents moved from their home in rural Shelbyville, Tennessee, to Long Beach, California, where they resided until 1925 when his parents separated. Jarrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 6, 1914, to Owen and Anna Jarrell.

In addition to his poetry and folktales, Jarrell is regarded as an insightful literary critic, noted for his astute evaluations of such American poets as Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, and Walt Whitman. Jarrell is also known for his original translations of several editions of European fairy tales by such authors as the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig Bechstein. Combinations of prose and poetry, Jarrell's works for young audiences are often concerned with the search for self-expression and inner peace, characterized by the poet's trademark lyrical language and emotional honesty. Throughout his career, childhood and folklore remained two of the most frequently recurring thematic motifs in Jarrell's poetry, and in 1964, the poet released his first volume of juvenile verse, The Bat-Poet, which was illustrated by the renowned children's artist Maurice Sendak. This group, which includes such noted authors as Robert Lowell, John Berryman, and Delmore Schwartz, displays in its verse the influence of the Modernist movement of the first half of the twentieth century as exemplified by T. Jarrell is among the foremost figures of the so-called 'Middle Generation' of twentieth-century American poets.

For further information on his life and works, see CLR, Volume 6. The following entry presents an overview of Jarrell's career through 1994. OL21722844W Page_number_confidence 80.77 Pages 54 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211019140708 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 284 Scandate 20211014214000 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780062059055 Tts_version 4.American poet, essayist, critic, translator, editor, and author of fairy tales and children's poetry. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:14:50 Associated-names Sendak, Maurice, illustrator Autocrop_version 0.0.3_books-20210916-0.1 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA40263211 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell