The complete online text of Narrative and Legendary Poems: Mabel Martin, a Harvest Idyl by John Greenleaf Whittier.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American poet whose humanitarianism and great popular appeal established him as an important 19th-century figure. John Greenleaf Whittier was born on a farm near Haverhill, Mass., on Dec. 17, 1807, of poor Quake...

John Greenleaf Whittier's importance to America's cultural life, and the claim he makes on our remembrance, is at least twofold. In the first place his life was and remains a model of dedication to the twin principles of freedom and tolerance. In the lon...

Although John Greenleaf Whittier's reputation as a poet declined drastically in the twentieth century, his career is of continuing interest as an example of the writer functioning as a deeply committed reform activist. In the thirty-year struggle to abol...

We mark our calendar every year, and when the day arrives, like farm wives the country over, I plan the evening meal. Unlike the farmer's wife, though, I don't prepare a feast for a thrashing crew. I will prepare a feast, yes, but...

THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, musical analysis placed a peculiar emphasis on structure as a means of validation. From Schenker's Ursatz to Forte's pitch-class set complexes, theoretical systems have implicitly asserted that a piece's significance derives principally from its adherence to a structural model,...