Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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Page vii
... verse form may easily be taught in connection with the study of literature , and the student should certainly find such training no hindrance to the ap- preciation of more essential matters . All that this feature of the book demands is ...
... verse form may easily be taught in connection with the study of literature , and the student should certainly find such training no hindrance to the ap- preciation of more essential matters . All that this feature of the book demands is ...
Page ix
... Verse Lyric Verse . The Drama • History and Biography . Fiction . Exposition Oratory · PART TWO PAGE I • • 3 16 31 75 80 85 0055 38 3 58 59 64 67 67 PERIOD OF THE EARLY ... Verse 104 CHAPTER IV VERSE ( Continued ) . BRYANT AND POE ix.
... Verse Lyric Verse . The Drama • History and Biography . Fiction . Exposition Oratory · PART TWO PAGE I • • 3 16 31 75 80 85 0055 38 3 58 59 64 67 67 PERIOD OF THE EARLY ... Verse 104 CHAPTER IV VERSE ( Continued ) . BRYANT AND POE ix.
Page x
... VERSE . THE NEW ENGLAND POETS . Ralph Waldo Emerson Oliver Wendell Holmes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow James Russell Lowell . John Greenleaf Whittier Thomas Bailey Aldrich Other Poets of New England 177 • 189 • 189 197 208 225 • 238 • 249 ...
... VERSE . THE NEW ENGLAND POETS . Ralph Waldo Emerson Oliver Wendell Holmes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow James Russell Lowell . John Greenleaf Whittier Thomas Bailey Aldrich Other Poets of New England 177 • 189 • 189 197 208 225 • 238 • 249 ...
Page xi
... Verse · PAGE • 257 257 262 · 268 · • 272 281 · 285 293 • 293 · · 294 · • 317 · • 324 · 324 335 336 338 339 350 · 350 · 355 • 358 • 364 • 364 Fiction . Realism Dialect Fiction and Local Studies Romance History Table of Contents xi.
... Verse · PAGE • 257 257 262 · 268 · • 272 281 · 285 293 • 293 · · 294 · • 317 · • 324 · 324 335 336 338 339 350 · 350 · 355 • 358 • 364 • 364 Fiction . Realism Dialect Fiction and Local Studies Romance History Table of Contents xi.
Page 2
... verse than has some verse ; and there are writings , like some of the poems of Walt Whitman , for example , which it is difficult to put into either class ; just as it is difficult for naturalists to tell whether some living things are ...
... verse than has some verse ; and there are writings , like some of the poems of Walt Whitman , for example , which it is difficult to put into either class ; just as it is difficult for naturalists to tell whether some living things are ...
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