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Biography EssayWilliam Cullen Bryant was the first American writer of verse to win wide international acclaim. His talent asserted itself quite early. He wrote and was published while still a child; b...
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The American poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) helped introduce European romanticism into American poetry. As an editor, he championed liberal causes. He was one of the most ...
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William Cullen Bryant is a poet of historic importance, chiefly because he was the first American writer of verse to win wide international acclaim. His talent asserted itself quite early. He wrote a...
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William Cullen Bryant brought to American newspaper journalism not only the argumentative and rhetorical skills of the lawyer but the sensibility of the poet. His reputation as one of the few major po...
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In 1813 William Cullen Bryant, then a law student at Yale University, had a run-in with his tutor, Samuel Howe. Howe had caught Bryant reading William Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads and warned young Cul...
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With the publication of The Embargo; or, Sketches of the Times; A Satire; by a Youth of Thirteen (1808) William Cullen Bryant began his remarkable career as an important figure in American politics, l...
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No line of his poetry survives in the consciousness of his nation, and none of his editorial pronouncements still resonate from his five decades with the New-York Evening Post; yet, no frieze interpre...
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In the following excerpt, Strong discusses various aspects of Christian theology in Bryant's poetry, including the poet's expressions of divine compassion, salvation, and immortality, an...
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In the essay below, Herrick analyzes Bryant's attitude toward the relationship of poetry to rhetoric and vice versa, demonstrating its influence on the poet's theory and works.
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In the following essay, Harrington investigates the "profound influence of the senses" in Bryant's poetry.
Even before James Russell Lowell's celebrated comparison of Willi...
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Below, Budick demonstrates the relationship between images and ideas in "Thanatopsis, " which represents the complexities of man's apprehension of transcendent truths in natural i...
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In the essay below, Booher discusses Bryant's pastoral and sometimes primitive treatment of the American Midwest in "The Prairies," noting his contributions to the mythology of th...
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In the following essay, Rio-Jelliffe considers the traditional and innovative elements of "Thanatopsis, " examining its relationship to Bryant's own poetic theory and to the subse...
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In the following essay, originally presented at the 1978 Centennial Conference at Hofstra University, Moriarty re-evaluates Bryant's poetic imagery from a modernist point of view, suggesting th...
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In the following excerpt, Peach shows how Bryant made use of Wordsworth's poetry, highlighting the similarities and differences of British and American literary romanticism.
Every sympathy is ...
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In the excerpt below, McLean focuses on Bryant's poetic theory and poetic technique, observing a distinct division between the poet's artistic intention and his poetic achievement.
If Br...
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"William Cullen Bryant was the first poet of note in this country and is often called the `Father of American Poetry'," said biographer Laura Benet (9). William Cullen Bryant was born on November 3, 1...
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