Studies of Lowell (From Literary Friends And Acquaintance)
The book Studies of Lowell (From Literary Friends And Acquaintance) was written by author Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 Here you can read free online of Studies of Lowell (From Literary Friends And Acquaintance) book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Studies of Lowell (From Literary Friends And Acquaintance) a good or bad book?
What reading level is Studies of Lowell (From Literary Friends And Acquaintance) book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was a rather old-fashioned study of a whimsicalcharacter, and it did not arrive anywhere, so far as it went; but Ibelieve that it might have been different with a Yankee story in versesuch as we have fragmentarily in 'The Nooning' and 'FitzAdam's Story'. Still, his gift was essentially lyrical and meditative, with theuniversal New England tendency to allegory. He was wholly undramatic inthe actuation of the characters which he imagined so dramatically. Heliked to deal with his subject at fir...st hand, to indulge through himselfall the whim and fancy which the more dramatic talent indulges throughits personages. He enjoyed writing such a poem as "The Cathedral, " which is not of hisbest, but which is more immediately himself, in all his moods, than somebetter poems. He read it to me soon after it was written, and in thelong walk which we went hard upon the reading (our way led us through thePort far towards East Cambridge, where he wished to show me a tupelo-treeof his acquaintance, because I said I had never seen one), his talk wasstill of the poem which he was greatly in conceit of.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: