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He made no new departures in these books, remaining a poet of the early nineteenth century who lived to become an important newspaper editor who also occasionally wrote verse. By 1832, Bryant was firmly established on the Evening Post.
He made no new departures in these books, remaining a poet of the early nineteenth century who lived to become an important newspaper editor who also occasionally wrote verse. By 1832, Bryant was firmly established on the Evening Post.
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Despite the fact that for months he wrote practically nothing, 1877 was the poet's most prolific year; he produced a total of eleven poems. Lanier's constant need to supplement the small and irregular income he received from his writing ...
Despite the fact that for months he wrote practically nothing, 1877 was the poet's most prolific year; he produced a total of eleven poems. Lanier's constant need to supplement the small and irregular income he received from his writing ...
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But Lanier also wrote three of his best-known poems — "The Crystal," "Sunrise," and "A Ballad of Trees and the Master," the latter two among his best. These were composed when Lanier must have been convinced that he had lost his ...
But Lanier also wrote three of his best-known poems — "The Crystal," "Sunrise," and "A Ballad of Trees and the Master," the latter two among his best. These were composed when Lanier must have been convinced that he had lost his ...
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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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