William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
Autor de The Library of World Poetry
Sobre El Autor
Like so many successful New Yorkers during the nineteenth century, William C. Bryant was born and reared in New England. There, in his native Massachusetts, among the beautiful highlands of the Berkshires, he learned early to be a close observer of nature and a careful student of English mostrar más versification. A child prodigy, he began to make rhymes before his tenth birthday, and in 1808 he gained some fame as the author of The Embargo, or Sketches of the Time, a satire in verse in which he echoed the conservative political sentiments of his elders. Soon, however, he found his own voice and point of view, and the poetry that followed, unlike so much of the literature that was being produced in the United States in the early decades of the nineteenth century, was considered by his contemporaries to be unmistakably American. During his own lifetime and since, his most famous poem has been "Thanatopsis" (from the Greek thanato and opsis, meaning "a meditation on death"), which was first published in the North American Review in 1817. Other poems, such as "Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood" (1817), "A Forest Hymn" (1825), and "To the Fringed Gentian" (1832), printed during the next several decades, brought him recognition both at home and abroad as the leading poet in the United States. Always solemn and stately, his verse seemed cold to James Russell Lowell, who humorously spoke of Bryant's "iceolation." But others praised Bryant for his careful artisanship, his commitment to romantic aesthetics, his celebration of nature, and his liberal faith in the historical destiny of the United States. Matthew Arnold called "To a Waterfowl" (1818) one of the finest short lyrics in the English language, and "The Prairies" (1833) and "Earth" (1835) have been seen as noble literary expressions "of the Jacksonian version of the American Dream." By training a lawyer and by profession a journalist, Bryant was editor-in-chief of the New York Evening Post from 1829 until his death in 1878. This position gave him enormous influence on national affairs, and his early support for the fledgling Republican party in the 1850s helped insure that party's success. When he was nearly 80 years old, he translated the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer into English blank verse. Bryant died in 1878. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de William Cullen Bryant
Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau and Bryant (1978) — Contribuidor — 30 copias
A New Library of Poetry & Song 2 vols. being Choice Selections from the Best Poets, English, Scottish, Irish &… (1877) 15 copias
The Family Library of Poetry and Song (Being Choice Selections from the best Poets..., MEMORIAL EDITION) (1870) 10 copias
The Story of the Fountain 8 copias
A Forest Hymn 5 copias
The Bryant birthday-book 4 copias
Bryant - poems of William Cullen Bryant — Autor — 4 copias
A New Library of Poetry and Song Volume II: Edited by William Cullen Bryant with his review of Poets and Poetry from… (2014) 2 copias
Picturesque America, or the Land We Live In, Vol. 1: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes,… (2017) 2 copias
Letters from the East 2 copias
The Poems of Bryant 1 copia
The Family Library of Poetry and Song Part 2: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets, English, Scottish, Irish,… (2010) 1 copia
This Beautiful World 1 copia
Robert of Lincoln 1 copia
“Prairies” 1 copia
Picturesque America, or the Land We Live In, Vol. 2: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes,… (2016) 1 copia
Christmas in 1875 1 copia
Unpublished poems 1 copia
The Divine Comedy 1 copia
"The Pequot War," 1 copia
Thirty poems 1 copia
The fountain and other poems 1 copia
Scribner's Popular History of the United States, Vol. 3: From the Earliest Discoveries of the Western Hemisphere by the… (2017) 1 copia
Scribner's Popular History of the United States-Rom the Earliest Discoveries of the Western Hemisphere-5 Volumes (1897) 1 copia
Gems from Bryant 1 copia
To the fringed gentian 1 copia
The Odyssey of Homer, Volume I 1 copia
Iliad of Homer 1 copia
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Representative American Short Stories — Contribuidor — 5 copias
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1794-11-03
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1878-06-12
- Lugar de sepultura
- Roslyn Cemetery, Roslyn, New York, USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Cummington, Massachusetts, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educación
- Williams College
- Ocupaciones
- poet
editor
lawyer
translator - Organizaciones
- New York Evening Post
Free Soil Party
Republican Party - Premios y honores
- The Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1910)
Miembros
Reseñas
Bryant's Poems-Household Edition por William Cullen Bryant
Entered in Library of Congress in 1878
I bought this tome in the early 1970s at a used book sale for 25¢ (or perhaps it was $2). It's a much-loved, antique volume filled to bursting with notable pre-1870 poetry (written in English). Of course, "modern" poetry came along after the turn-of-the-century and this poetry quickly fell out of favor and became antiquated. Still, one can sentimentally indulge, can't we?
Awesome pics and engravings of the early US (1870's) in these 2 massive volumes! A must see publication, if you can fine a copy anywhere around!
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