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| 1909 |
John Crowe Ransom receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt |
| 1914 |
WWI begins
Ransom joins the Vanderbilt faculty |
| 1915 |
Informal social discussions include Sidney Hirsch, Ransom, Davidson and others |
| 1916 |
Donald Davidson receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt |
| 1918 |
WWI ends |
| 1919 |
Ransom publishes Poems about God |
| 1920 |
Group meetings reconvene after WWI. The 16-member poetry group eventually becomes "The Fugitives"
Davidson joins the Vanderbilt faculty |
| 1922 |
First issue of The Fugitive is published
Allen Tate receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt |
| 1925 |
The final issue of The Fugitive is published
Scopes Trial is held in Dayton, TN
Warren receives his B.A. from Vanderbilt |
| 1928 |
The Fugitives Anthology is published |
| 1929 |
Stock Market Crash sets off the Great Depression |
| 1930 |
I'll Take My Stand is published |
| 1932 |
Warren joins the Vanderbilt faculty |
| 1935 |
Warren and Cleanth Brooks found The Southern Review |
| 1937 |
Warren and Brooks publish Understanding Poetry |
| 1939 |
Ransom founds The Kenyon Review |
| 1941 |
Ransom publishes The New Criticism |
| 1943 |
Tate appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
(the second Poet Laureate) |
| 1944 |
Tate named editor of The Sewanee Review
Warren appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress |
| 1946 |
Warren publishes All the King's Men |
| 1947 |
Warren receives the Pulitzer Prize for All the King's Men |
| 1950 |
Ransom is the second recipient of the Bollingen Prize from Yale University |
| 1956 |
Fugitives Reunion at Vanderbilt University
Tate awarded the Bollingen Prize from Yale University |
| 1958 |
Warren awarded his second Pulitzer Prize and the National Book
Award for Promises: Poems 1954-56 |
