American Literature 1607-1885, Volume 2

American literature American poet American poetry Annabel Lee appeared artistic beauty better blank verse Bryant century character characteristic Cooper critic Dante death delineation Divine Comedy drama Emerson England English essays eternal Ethan Brand expression fame feeling fiction field flowers genius 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 poetry portrayed prose readers rhymes romance scenes seems sense sentiment serene sing singer sometimes song soul spirit stories success theme things thou thought tion true truth Twice-Told Tales utterance verse Virginia Comedians volume Whittier words writings written wrote