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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (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 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
ts only one of the requirements laid down for the fruitless competition of 1861; it is of the simplest form and most marked rhythm, the words easy to be retained by the popular memory, and the melody and harmony such as may be readily sung by ordinary voices. In this respect George M. Cohan met the situation as Root and Work and Gilmore did fifty years ago, and, like them, he wrote music of the day. It belongs to the same public that delights in O. Henry, Walt Mason, Irvin S. Cobb, and Wallace Irwin, all in the main sane, wholesome, obvious people. It comes from Broadway, which supplies the populace with much of their fun. On the other hand The Star Spangled banner belonged to the public of Francis and Joseph Hopkinson and John Copley and Gilbert Stuart. The artistic work of that day was well-turned and graceful; poetry and music lent themselves to dashes of magniloquent heroism and tender sentiment. The courtly traditions of manly strength, feminine grace, the cheering influence
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
reat Britain considered, the, 428 Interest of the country in Laying duties, the, 427 International bimetallism, 441 International Dictionary, 477, 478 International Review, 304 In the Lena Delta, 168 In the Levant, 164 In the palace of the King, 88 In the Valley, 92 Introductory lectures on political economy, 434 Investors and money Makers, 443 Iris, 293 Irving, Washington, 69, 77, 110, 112, 113, 114, 123, 125, 128, 137, 164, 268, 312, 415, 454, 458, 549, 583-4 Irwin, Wallace, 498 Isaac Sheftel, an Arbeiter drama, 609 Is it Peace or War? 217 Isocrates, 460, 465 Is polite Society polite? 121 Isthmus of Panama and what I saw There, the, 162 Italian journeys, 78, 164 Italian sights and Papal Principalities seen through American spectacles, 164 Italiker und Graken, 462 Itineraries (Stiles, Ezra), 447 n. It pays to Advertise, 295 Ives, J. C., 156 Jackson, Hart, 271 Jackson, Helen Hunt, 33, 86, 164 Jackson, H. J., 89 Jackson, J.