Poetry of the American Renaissance: A Diverse Anthology from the Romantic PeriodPaul Kane This anthology, the most comprehensive available in a single volume, brings together all of the major poets of the American Renaissance along with many lesser-known poets now being rediscovered. A critical introduction situated the poetry in its historical context, informative headnotes introduce each poet, and notes to the poems provide helpful explanations to unusual words and references. This anthology, for the first time, presents the brilliant poetic legacy of the American Renaissance in a convenient and accessible format. |
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Page 146
... bird above his chamber door— Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door , With such name as " Nevermore . " But the Raven , sitting lonely on the placid bust , spoke only That one word , as if his soul in that one ...
... bird above his chamber door— Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door , With such name as " Nevermore . " But the Raven , sitting lonely on the placid bust , spoke only That one word , as if his soul in that one ...
Page 247
... bird to and fro near at hand , And every day the she - bird crouch'd on her nest , silent , with bright eyes , And every day I , a curious boy , never too close , never disturbing them , Cautiously peering , absorbing , translating ...
... bird to and fro near at hand , And every day the she - bird crouch'd on her nest , silent , with bright eyes , And every day I , a curious boy , never too close , never disturbing them , Cautiously peering , absorbing , translating ...
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... Bird came down the Walk- " A Bird came down the Walk- He did not know I saw— He bit an Angleworm in halves And ate the fellow , raw , And then he drank a Dew From a convenient Grass- And then hopped sidewise to the Wall To let a Beetle ...
... Bird came down the Walk- " A Bird came down the Walk- He did not know I saw— He bit an Angleworm in halves And ate the fellow , raw , And then he drank a Dew From a convenient Grass- And then hopped sidewise to the Wall To let a Beetle ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY PAUL KANE | 23 |
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 17941878 | 30 |
MARIA GOWEN BROOKS 1794?1845 | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Poetry of the American Renaissance: A Diverse Anthology From The Romantic Period Various No preview available - 2012 |
Poetry of the American Renaissance: A Diverse Anthology from the Romantic Period Paul Kane No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
American American Renaissance angels beautiful beneath bird blood bloom born breath Brooks child clouds dark dead death Dickinson door doth dreams earth Edgar Allan Poe Emerson Emily Dickinson eyes father feet Fireside Poets flowers Frederick Goddard Tuckerman gaze GEORGE MOSES HORTON grass grave gray Greek mythology hand Harvard hath Hawthorne hear heard heart Heaven Henry David Thoreau HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL hills hour land leaves light living Longfellow look MARIA GOWEN BROOKS Melville Menken moon mother never night o'er ocean once pass Phoebe Cary poems poet poetry published river shadows shore sing sleep song soul sound spirit stars stood sweet tears thee thine Thoreau thou thought Timrod transcendentalist verse voice waves Whitman Whittier wild William Ellery Channing wind woman women wood word writing Zóphiël
References to this book
Sight & Sound: Naturbilder in der englischen und amerikanischen Romantik Frank Mehring Limited preview - 2001 |