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Such an aesthetic quite naturally had a profound effect on Bryant's poetry. The theory demanded that his material be drawn not from the poets he had read, but from what he had personally experienced among the hills and valleys of ...
Such an aesthetic quite naturally had a profound effect on Bryant's poetry. The theory demanded that his material be drawn not from the poets he had read, but from what he had personally experienced among the hills and valleys of ...
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Occasionally he would write poetry; and it is a testimony to his intellectual vigor that one of his last poems, ... In his later years, of course, the exigencies of his profession forced him to mute his poetic voice; and he never ...
Occasionally he would write poetry; and it is a testimony to his intellectual vigor that one of his last poems, ... In his later years, of course, the exigencies of his profession forced him to mute his poetic voice; and he never ...
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It would seem, however, that Allen Tate is nearer the truth when he says the central figure in the poem is not a ... and the reader of Lanier's later poetry is impressed with how much the poet learned about the nature of poetic ...
It would seem, however, that Allen Tate is nearer the truth when he says the central figure in the poem is not a ... and the reader of Lanier's later poetry is impressed with how much the poet learned about the nature of poetic ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis supplement, the latest addition to the well-known "American Writers'' series, includes 29 authors. All except Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century orator and writer, are 20th-century poets ... Read full review
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| Title | American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney Lanier |
| Editor | Leonard Unger |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's sons, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0684157977, 9780684157979 |
| Length | 373 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / American / General |
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