The Hudson River in Literature: An AnthologyArthur G. Adams State University of New York Press, 30. jun. 1980 - 424 sider This lovingly prepared anthology contains an abundance of poems and excerpts from novels and essays describing the Hudson River, work and travel on it, and life alongside it before the twentieth century. Some of these documents are the creations of well-known writers such as Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman. Others were written by lesser-known writers whose work has long been out of print or available only as part of their collected works. From Whitman's "mast-hemm'd Manhattan" to Nathaniel Park Willis's "sabbath solitude" on upstate riverbanks, the modern reader will find still-accurate descriptions of the physical river itself. The many excerpts that describe particular aspects of Hudson life—Indian canoes, Dutch farms, steamboat excursions, and the majestic scenery—allow the modern reader to visualize the river at a time when it dominated life in eastern New York. By providing an especially vivid impression of New York State's history and heritage, this volume will fascinate and inform residents of the Hudson Valley and all those who love its river. |
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Side vii
... Washington Irving , James Fenimore Cooper , and Walt Whitman . The works of other writers , such as Joseph Rodman Drake or Nathaniel Parker Willis , are either out of print or available only as part of the collected works of the authors ...
... Washington Irving , James Fenimore Cooper , and Walt Whitman . The works of other writers , such as Joseph Rodman Drake or Nathaniel Parker Willis , are either out of print or available only as part of the collected works of the authors ...
Side ix
... Washington Irving Autobiography ( excerpts ) Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Wolfert Webber , or Golden Dreams ( From Tales of a Traveller ) Dolph Heyliger ( From Bracebridge Hall ) Knickerbocker History ( excerpt ) Joseph ...
... Washington Irving Autobiography ( excerpts ) Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Wolfert Webber , or Golden Dreams ( From Tales of a Traveller ) Dolph Heyliger ( From Bracebridge Hall ) Knickerbocker History ( excerpt ) Joseph ...
Side 9
... Washington Irving in producing the Salmagundi ; or , The Whim - Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff & Others , a series of satirical and humorous essays . In a similar satirical vein he wrote John Bull in America in 1825 , and his ...
... Washington Irving in producing the Salmagundi ; or , The Whim - Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff & Others , a series of satirical and humorous essays . In a similar satirical vein he wrote John Bull in America in 1825 , and his ...
Side 22
... Washington , avowing his name and rank . He was tried by a court martial , found guilty on his own confession , was hanged at Tappan , where he met his fate with dignity , and excited in the bosoms of the Americans that sympathy as a ...
... Washington , avowing his name and rank . He was tried by a court martial , found guilty on his own confession , was hanged at Tappan , where he met his fate with dignity , and excited in the bosoms of the Americans that sympathy as a ...
Side 23
... Washington , Greene , nor any of the members of the court martial escape the most degrading imputations : and the three young men who captured Andre are stigmatized with cowardice , as well as treachery ! The history is the production ...
... Washington , Greene , nor any of the members of the court martial escape the most degrading imputations : and the three young men who captured Andre are stigmatized with cowardice , as well as treachery ! The history is the production ...
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Afloat and Ashore excerpts | 165 |
The Last of the Mohicans excerpts | 209 |
William Cullen Bryant | 218 |
Henry Wheeler Shaw Josh Billings | 303 |
Walt Whitman | 315 |
Susan Bogert Warner Elizabeth Wetherell | 321 |
Wallace Bruce Thrusty McQuill | 329 |
Hamilton Wright Mabie | 335 |
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