American Literature 1607-1885, Volume 2

American literature American poetry Annabel Lee appeared artistic beauty better Bryant century character characteristic Cooper critic Dante death delineation drama edition Emerson England English essays eternal Ethan Brand expression fame feeling fiction field flowers G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS genius George Eliot Hawthorne Hawthorne's heart heaven hexameter Hiawatha Holmes human humor ideal idyllic imagination Irving Julian Hawthorne lack land Leaves of Grass less lines literary Longfellow Lowell Lowell's Marble Faun merit mind moral Nathaniel Hawthorne nature never novelist novels occasional old Kentucky home once pathos patriotic Poe's poems poet poet's poetic portrayed prose readers rhymes romance scenes seems sense sentiment serene sing singer sketches sometimes song soul spirit stories style success theme things thought tion true truth Twice-Told Tales utterance verse volumes Whittier words writings written wrote