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American Romanticism
William Cullen Bryant is America's foremost Romantic poet, and I am amazed to see his poetry so neglected in the America of today.Overshadowed by Whitman and the free verse followers of the twentieth century, Bryant, aswell as all formal American poets of the 1800's, deserve a Renaissance. And this rebirth of formalism in poetry will be slow in coming if thepoetry essential to any aspiring poet's collecion runs for 79.00 plusshipping.If you have just that much space in your virtual shopping cart,I strongly recommend this beautiful American Romantic. ... Read more

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Twenty-one hitherto unprinted letters between Bryant and Henderson revealing a strange episode in literary history. ... Read more

Book Description
1877. Illustrated by W.J. Linton and J. McEntee. William Cullen Bryant was an American poet and editor. At one time, he practiced law, but later devoted himself entirely to writing. He began his career with Thanatopsis (or View of Death), a boyhood piece which astonished America when it was published in 1817, and which has ever since been a favorite with readers. The idea of the poem, that the earth is a vast sepulcher of human life, was borrowed from other poets; but the stately blank verse and the noble appreciation of nature are Bryant's own. The Flood of Years was written when he was a sage of eighty. Among the Trees is one of his best nature poems. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ... Read more