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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 13: Whittier (search)
Flemish pictures of old days, is not only a poem but a social document of the highest value. In the words of T. W. Higginson, Here we have absolutely photographed the Puritan Colonial interior, as it existed till within the memory of old men still living. No other book, no other picture preserves it to us; all other books, all other pictures combined, leave us still ignorant of the atmosphere which this one page re-creates for us; it is more imperishable than any interior painted by Gerard Douw. It has been said of Whittier that he could never be concise—and a diffuse style is undoubtedly one of the greatest artistic defects of the body of his verse—but the criticism falls flat in the presence of the lines which describe the fireplace on that winter evening. This poem has often been compared with The Cotter's Saturday night and it means to the American all and more than Burns's famous poem means to the Scotsman. There is also much aptitude in a comparison with Crabbe, b
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
on government, 82 Dissertation on Roast Pig, a, 215 Dissertation on the nature of language as related to thought and spirit, 212 Divine comedy, the, 40 Divine tragedy, the, 39 Divinity School address, 20, 209 Dixie, 291, 292, 303, 305 Dobson, Austin, 243 Doctor Byles's cat, 149 Dodd, W. E., 75 n. Dodge, Mary Mapes, 402, 409 Dodgson, C. L., 408 Donald and Dorothy, 402 Donne, 343 Dorothy Q., 239, 341 Dotty Dimple books, 402 Douglass, Frederick, 351 Douw, Gerard, 49 Dowden, Edward, 271 Do Ye Quail?, 308 Doyle, Pete, 271 Drake, B. M., 351 n. Drake, J. R., 150 Drayton, William Henry, 104, 105 Dreaming in the trenches, 291, 303 Dream-Land, 66 Dred Scott case, 89 Driving home the Cows, 286 Drum, the. See Reveille, the Drummer boy's burial, the, 286 Drummond of Hawthornden, 340 Drum Taps, 269, 270 Dryden, 5, 125, 237 Duane, Wm., 181 Dublin University, 373 DuBois, W. E. Burghardt, 351 Dubourg, Miss, 55
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Chapter 1: childhood (search)
simmered slow, The apples sputtered in a row, And, close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. Here we have, absolutely photographed, the Puritan Colonial interior, as it existed till within the very memory of old men still living. No other book, no other picture preserves it to us; all other books, all other pictures combined, leave us still ignorant of the atmosphere which this one page re-creates for us; it is more imperishable than any interior painted by Gerard Douw. And this picture we owe to a lonely invalid, who painted it in memory of his last household companions, his mother and his sister. It must be remembered that, in the poet's childhood, the yearly meetings of the Society of Friends at Amesbury were relatively large, and the name of that kindly denomination was well fulfilled by the habit of receiving friends from a distance. They came in their own conveyances to Amesbury or its adjoining settlement, Haverhill, and remained for days in
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Index. (search)
ndall, Dr., Reuben, imprisoned, 48; death, 49. Cushing, Caleb, 40, 42, 69, 77; candidate for Congress, 41; elected, 43; defeated, 43, 44. D. Dana, R. H., 42. Danvers, Mass., 97, 180. Dartmouth College, 19. Declaration of Independence of United States, 69. Declaration of Sentiments, 74. Deer Island, 107. De Quincey, Thomas, his Confessions of an Opium Eater, mentioned, 175. Derby, Mr., 88. Dexter, Lord, Timothy, 97. Dinsmore, Robert, 155. Douglass, Frederick, 181. Douw, Gerard, 9. Dustin, Hannah, 4. E. Earle, Edward, 121. East Haverhill, Mass., 23, 51, 58. East Salisbury, Mass., 44. Edinburgh, Scotland, 107. Elliot, Me., 142. Ellis, Rev. G. E., 83. Emancipator, the, mentioned, 67. Emerson, Nehemiah, 137. Emerson, Mrs., Nehemiah, 137. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 2, 37, 127,151,159,173,178; his Life and letters in New England, quoted, 80; Whittier's letter to, 46, 47; acquaintance with Whittier, 110, 111. Endicott, Gov., John, 83-85. England,