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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... hand with their own wills defiled , And while they wear a smooth unwrinkled brow Know not that Truth can never be beguiled ; Go wash the hand that still betrays thy guilt ; Before the spirit's gaze what stain can hide ? Abel's red blood ...
... hand with their own wills defiled , And while they wear a smooth unwrinkled brow Know not that Truth can never be beguiled ; Go wash the hand that still betrays thy guilt ; Before the spirit's gaze what stain can hide ? Abel's red blood ...
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A Diverse Anthology from the Romantic Period Paul Kane. The Hand and the Foot The hand and foot that stir not , they shall find Sooner than all the rightful place to go ; Now in their motion free as roving wind , Though first no snail so ...
A Diverse Anthology from the Romantic Period Paul Kane. The Hand and the Foot The hand and foot that stir not , they shall find Sooner than all the rightful place to go ; Now in their motion free as roving wind , Though first no snail so ...
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... hand in hand over the whole earth from east to west as they lie unclothed ; The Asiatic and African are hand in hand . . . . the European and American are hand in hand , Learned and unlearned are hand in hand . . . and male and female are ...
... hand in hand over the whole earth from east to west as they lie unclothed ; The Asiatic and African are hand in hand . . . . the European and American are hand in hand , Learned and unlearned are hand in hand . . . and male and female are ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY PAUL KANE | 23 |
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 17941878 | 30 |
MARIA GOWEN BROOKS 1794?1845 | 39 |
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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 |
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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 |