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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... dark pass of the " Wey - Gat " frowning behind him , the lofty and blue Cattskills beyond , and the hillsides around covered with the red lords of the soil , exhibiting only less wonder than friendliness . And how beautifully was the ...
... dark pass of the " Wey - Gat " frowning behind him , the lofty and blue Cattskills beyond , and the hillsides around covered with the red lords of the soil , exhibiting only less wonder than friendliness . And how beautifully was the ...
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... Dark groves , their tops in aether lost , That , haunted still by Huddy's ghost , The trembling rustic flies . Proud heights ! with pain so often seen , ( With joy beheld once more ) On your firm base I take my stand , Tenacious of the ...
... Dark groves , their tops in aether lost , That , haunted still by Huddy's ghost , The trembling rustic flies . Proud heights ! with pain so often seen , ( With joy beheld once more ) On your firm base I take my stand , Tenacious of the ...
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... dark cedars . On the other , Staten Island , with its high bluff , crowned by the telegraph and signal poles ; and beyond , the great fort that put me in mind of the old castles which Stephen talks about . We kept close to the Long ...
... dark cedars . On the other , Staten Island , with its high bluff , crowned by the telegraph and signal poles ; and beyond , the great fort that put me in mind of the old castles which Stephen talks about . We kept close to the Long ...
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... dark impending cliff , where nature has formed a little green nook or flat , some enterprising skipper who owns a little pettiauger , or some hardy quarrier , has erected his little cot . There when the afternoon shadows envelope the ...
... dark impending cliff , where nature has formed a little green nook or flat , some enterprising skipper who owns a little pettiauger , or some hardy quarrier , has erected his little cot . There when the afternoon shadows envelope the ...
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... dark night , when we advise the reader not to look out for it , ) projecting far into the river . On arriving opposite , it seems to recede , and to appear again a little beyond . Some travellers compare this Point no Point , to a great ...
... dark night , when we advise the reader not to look out for it , ) projecting far into the river . On arriving opposite , it seems to recede , and to appear again a little beyond . Some travellers compare this Point no Point , to a great ...
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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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