Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews Represents the American literary works most respected by modern scholars. Volume I covers Christopher Columbus through Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. This book also emphasizes the contributions to the American literary canon made by women and minority authors. Extensive explanatory headnotes and footnotes link the works and authors of a period and provide readers with additional insights into each selection. New to this edition is an expanded presentation of Native American literature (myths, tales, autobiography, etc.). |
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... Beauty . It may be , indeed , that here this sublime end is , now and then , attained in fact . We are often made to feel , with a shivering delight , that from an earthly harp are stricken notes which cannot have been unfamiliar to the ...
... Beauty . It may be , indeed , that here this sublime end is , now and then , attained in fact . We are often made to feel , with a shivering delight , that from an earthly harp are stricken notes which cannot have been unfamiliar to the ...
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... beauty , and in the same field , it beholds , every hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every ... beauty of the scene to the beauty of the deed 814 The Age of Romanticism.
... beauty , and in the same field , it beholds , every hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every ... beauty of the scene to the beauty of the deed 814 The Age of Romanticism.
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... beauty . The standard of beauty is the entire circuit of natural forms , -the to- tal of nature ; which the Italians expressed by defining beauty " il piĆ¹ nell ' uno . " 16 Nothing is quite beautiful alone ; nothing but is beautiful in ...
... beauty . The standard of beauty is the entire circuit of natural forms , -the to- tal of nature ; which the Italians expressed by defining beauty " il piĆ¹ nell ' uno . " 16 Nothing is quite beautiful alone ; nothing but is beautiful in ...
Contents
Columbuss Letter Describing His First Voyage | 15 |
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH | 22 |
FROM A Description of New England | 36 |
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