John Greenleaf Whittier: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #10)

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John Greenleaf Whittier

Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #10)

John Greenleaf Whittier

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The Library of America
30 March 2004

Poetry by individual poets

Series: American Poets Project

A beloved figure in his own era--a household name for such poems as ""Barbara Frietchie"" and ""The Barefoot Boy""-John Greenleaf Whittier remains an emotionally honest, powerfully reflective voice. A Quaker deeply involved in the struggle against slavery (he was harassed by mobs more than once) he enlisted his poetry in the abolitionist cause with such powerful works as ""The Hunters of Men,"" ""Song of Slaves in the Desert,"" and ""Ichabod!"", his mournful attack on Daniel Webster's betrayal of the anti-slavery cause.

Whittier's narrative gift is evident in such perennially popular poems as ""Skipper Ireson's Ride"" and the Civil War legend ""Barbara Frietchie,"" while in his masterpiece ""Snow-Bound"" he created a vivid, flavorful portrait of the country life he knew as a child in New England. ""His diction is easy, his detail rich and unassuming, his emotion deep,"" writes editor Brenda Wineapple. ""And the shale of his New England landscape reaches outward, promising not relief from pain but a glimpse of a better, larger world.""

About the American Poets Project Elegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today's most discerning poets and critics.

By: John Greenleaf Whittier
Imprint: The Library of America
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Volume: 10
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 120mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9781931082594
ISBN 10: 1931082596
Series: American Poets Project
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 30 March 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brenda Wineapple's books includeEcstatic Nation- Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877,Hawthorne- A Life, andWhite Heat- The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a 2014 Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Reviews for John Greenleaf Whittier: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #10)

“Whittier is an indispensable part of our poetic heritage. . . . As he matured, he sometimes put his strong Quaker beliefs in vital conflict with both the imagistic and hedonistic impulses of their brands of Romanticism. When he created such tension among his passions and responsibilities, the result was a beautiful, valiant pastoralism that one finds impossible to forget.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch