Whitman's & Dickinson's Contemporaries: An Anthology of Their VerseRobert A. Bain Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman were not the poetic stars of their day; only a few friends knew that Dickinson wrote, and Whitman's following was minuscule, if influential. But the contemporaries who eclipsed these major poets now have largely disappeared from our literary landscape. In this distinctive anthology, Robert Bain gathers together thirteen other scholars to re-present the poetry of these former luminaries, allowing readers to rediscover them, reconstruct the poetic contexts of their age, and better understand why Whitman and Dickinson now overshadow other poets of their time. Arranged chronologically according to the birth dates of the poets, this anthology introduces each poet's work, providing biographical information and discussing the major forms and themes of the work. Each introduction places the poet in a literary and historical context with Whitman and Dickinson and provides a bibliography of secondary sources. This remarkable book recovers a part of our literary heritage that has been lost. |
Contents
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George Moses Horton Paul Crumbley | 27 |
John Greenleaf Whittier Robert Bain | 87 |
Edgar Allan Poe Robert Bain | 114 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Robert Bain | 128 |
John Godfrey Saxe Paul Crumbley | 147 |
Henry David Thoreau Robert Bain | 156 |
John Hay E Frances Frame | 353 |
Abram Joseph Ryan Susan Bales | 359 |
Edward Rowland Sill Harry Crockett | 373 |
Sidney Lanier Wilson Somerville | 381 |
John Banister Tabb Paul Crumbley | 395 |
Emma Lazarus Mary K Edmonds | 403 |
James Whitcomb Riley E Frances Frame | 412 |
Eugene Field Susan Bales | 419 |
James Russell Lowell Robert Bain | 171 |
Josiah Gilbert Holland Terry Roberts | 183 |
Herman Melville Ellen Giduz | 191 |
Alice Cary Wilson Somerville | 203 |
Frederick Goddard Tuckerman Paul Crumbley | 212 |
Thomas Buchanan Read Taimi Olsen | 220 |
Bayard Taylor Lisa Carl | 237 |
Richard Henry Stoddard Ellen Giduz | 247 |
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper William R Nash | 255 |
John Townsend Trowbridge Taimi Olsen | 265 |
Paul Hamilton Hayne Terry Roberts | 291 |
Helen Hunt Jackson Lisa Carl | 304 |
Edmund Clarence Stedman Mary K Edmonds | 313 |
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Susan Bales | 332 |
Joaquin Miller Paul Crumbley | 342 |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Scott Romine | 427 |
Edwin Markham William R Nash | 437 |
Henrietta Cordelia Ray Lisa Carl | 443 |
Lizette Woodworth Reese Mary K Edmonds | 449 |
Horace Logo Traubel Glenn Blalock | 464 |
Louise Imogen Guiney Taimi Olsen | 471 |
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton Ellen Giduz | 480 |
Richard Hovey E Frances Frame | 487 |
Madison Cawein Scott Romine | 497 |
William Vaughn Moody William R Nash | 505 |
Paul Laurence Dunbar Harry Crockett | 515 |
Contributors | 529 |
Subject Index | 543 |
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Whitman's & Dickinson's Contemporaries: An Anthology of Their Verse Robert A. Bain No preview available - 1996 |
Whitman's & Dickinson's Contemporaries: An Anthology of Their Verse Robert A. Bain No preview available - 1996 |