There are some individual poems of Ridge's various spots online, mostly
from public domain anthologies, i.e., those published in the U.S. prior
to 1924. THE GHETTO AND OTHER POEMS is from 1918; SUN-UP is from 1920.
Ridge died in 1941. The most information currently available online is
at Cary Nelson's MAPS, which will hopefully soon include links to the
first 2 ms & some of my syllabi which use them. Some Ridge poems, then,
are in the OUP Modern American Poetry. Some others are in NO MORE MASKS.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/ridge/ridge.htm
I am also preparing an essay I hope to submit to HOW2, so I'm glad
Candice asked, since in certain circles making this type of information
available electronically is still controversial, but since I'm firmly on
the "make it available free" side, it is hard for me to fully appreciate
arguments contra.
Anything published in book form in the U.S. by a single author,
translator, or editor prior to 1924 is in the public domain. After
that, very many books are in the public domain if the author is dead and
the literary estate has failed to renew copyright. Modern subsequent
editions (not collections) & renewal of copyright I'm not sure. In the
case of corporate authorship, Disney has effectively protected Mickey
Mouse, and it will probably never be public, so only early modernism is
up for grabs.
In the case of Ridge, Elaine Sproat is the Ridge literary executor, and
she is doing a collected Ridge through U of Maine. Apparently she pas
written papers re: Ridge & political reasons she's been effectively erased.
Rgds,
Catherine Daly
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