Welcome to Questia, the online library that lets you read the full text of A Biography of William Cullen Bryant: With Extracts from His Private Correspondence and millions of other valuable, copyrighted books and articles.

Put exact phrases in quotes

Read this book

A Biography of William Cullen Bryant: With Extracts from His Private Correspondence

Read/Write Review

Search inside this book

A Biography of William Cullen Bryant: With Extracts from His Private Correspondence

by Parke Godwin

Pages: 423

Contributors: Parke Godwin

Publisher: D. Appleton and Company

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1883

Subjects: Bryant, William Cullen,--1794-1878

Table of Contents

Title Page

A Biography of William Cullen Bryant,

Preface.

Contents

Chapter First. an Autobiography of Mr. Bryant's Early Life.

Chapter Second. the Place and Time of the Poet's Birth.

Chapter Third. the Bryant Family and Ancestors.

Chapter Fourth. the Boy Poet and Politician.

Chapter Fifth. the College Student.

Chapter Sixth. Poems on Love and Death. A. D. 1811-1814.

Chapter Seventh. the Law Student.

Chapter Eighth. the Young Lawyer.

Chapter Ninth. the First Collection of Poems.

Chapter Tenth. the Law Abandoned.

Chapter Eleventh. " a Literary Adventurer."

Chapter Twelfth. the Subordinate Editor.

Chapter Thirteenth. the Editor in Chief.

Chapter Fourteenth. Success of the Poems.

Chapter Fifteenth. the Battle with the Bank.

Chapter Sixteenth. the First Visit to Europe.

Chapter Seventeenth. the Rise of Abolitionism.

Chapter Eighteenth. Political Warfare.

Chapter Nineteenth. Recreations, Visitors, Etc.

Chapter Twentieth. the Hard-Cider Campaign, Etc.

Chapter Twenty-First. New Poems.

Chapter Twenty-Second. a Political Embarrassment.

Questia Books and Articles on Similar Subjects

Collection(s) searched : Entire Library

Found 101 results:

Books: 93

Journal Articles: 3

Magazine Articles: 3

Newspaper Articles: 1

Encyclopedia Articles: 1

Books on: (Bryant William Cullen 1794 1878)

93 results - MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

1.

Read/Write Review

The Letters of William Cullen Bryant - Vol. 1

Book by William Cullen Bryant II, Thomas G. Voss, William Cullen Bryant; Fordham University Press, 1975

Subjects:

Bryant, William Cullen--1794-1878--Correspondence, Poets, American--19th Century--Correspondence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Howe reported that Peter Bryant had so far recovered as to...Federalist group for whom Cullen had written an "Ode for the...reprinted in In Memory of William Cullen Bryant, Born, 1794-- Died, 1878 New York: Evening Post Steam...
2.

Read/Write Review

A Biography of William Cullen Bryant: With Extracts from His Private Correspondence

Book by Parke Godwin; D. Appleton and Company, 1883

Subjects:

Bryant, William Cullen--1794-1878

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...PREFACE. SOME time after the death of Mr. Bryant, in 1878, his younger daughter, Miss Julia S. Bryant, to whom his papers were left, sent me...to add his letters to Arthur and John H. Bryant, his brothers, Gulian C. Verplanck, the...
3.

Read/Write Review

A Biography of William Cullen Bryant: With Extracts from His Private Correspondence - Vol. 2

Book by Parke Godwin; D. Appleton and Company, 1883

Subjects:

Bryant, William Cullen--1794-1878

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...bore a plate with the inscription, "William Cullen Bryant. Born November 3, 1794. Died June 12, 1878." Resting on the coffin was a spray...family present were Messrs. John H. Bryant and Arthur Bryant, who, although telegraphed for...
4.

Read/Write Review

Under Open Sky: Poets on William Cullen Bryant

Book by Norbert Krapf, John DePol; Fordham University Press, 1986

Subjects:

American Poetry--20th Century, Bryant, William Cullen--1794-1878--Criticism And Interpretation, Bryant, William Cullen--1794-1878--Poetry

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

AARON KRAMER William Cullen Bryant as Poet of Liberty MAY 29, 1878. Central Park, New...is being unveiled. William Cullen Bryant delivers the main...originally titled "William Cullen Bryant: A Centenary Tribute...
5.

Read/Write Review

William Cullen Bryant

Book by John Bigelow; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1890

Subjects:

Bryant, William Cullen--1794-1878, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

CHAPTER II. SCHOOL-DAYS. 1794-1810. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, the second of seven children of Dr. Peter and Sarah Snell Bryant, was born at Cummington, 1...private library belongs to Peter Bryant, Esq., and contains about...

MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

Journal Articles on: (Bryant William Cullen 1794 1878)

3 results

1.

Read/Write Review

American Nationalism and the Defense of Poetry

Journal article by Eric Carl Link; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 41, 2003

Subjects:

Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), Debates, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-82), Nationalism, Poetry, Poets, Simms, William Gilmore, United States

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...to the essays of Emerson, Melville, and William Gilmore Simms, virtually every major and...practical function in society? Three poets, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and William Gilmore Simms, answered these questions...
2.

Read/Write Review

"But Bryant? What of Bryant in Bryan?": The Religious Implications of the Allusion to "A Forest Hymn" in the Sun Also Rises

Journal article by C. Harold Hurley; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 20, 2001

Subjects:

A Forest Hymn (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Authors--20th century, Bryan, William Jennings--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Bryant, William Cullen--Influence, Hemingway, Ernest--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spirituality--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Sun Also Rises (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...the first sentence of William Cullen Bryants "A Forest Hymn" published...nonetheless, that Bills allusion to William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), embedded within his discourse on William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925...
3.

Read/Write Review

The First Art Exhibition in Chicago

Journal article by Joel S. Dryer; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 99, 2006

Collections: History, Entire Library

...wealthiest man and first mayor William Butler Ogden (1805-1877...frequently, enjoying visits from William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), former president Van Buren...in almost any towns history. William Ogdens sister Frances was married...

Top

Magazine Articles on: (Bryant William Cullen 1794 1878)

3 results

1.

Read/Write Review

Political Animals: Mark Bryant Looks at the Lampooning of Two Hugely Unpopular Measures Imposed during the Administrations of Two of the United States' Most Distinguished Presidents

Magazine article by Mark Bryant; History Today, Vol. 59, June 2009

Subjects:

Embargoes--Portrayals, Gerrymander--Portrayals, Gerrymandering--Portrayals, Political cartoons--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: History, Entire Library

Political Animals: Mark Bryant Looks at the Lampooning of Two...Distinguished Presidents. by Mark Bryant While Britain was embroiled in...Embargo (1808), credited to William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), though he would have only...
2.

Read/Write Review

Fort Leavenworth and the Eclipse of Nationhood

Magazine article by Rober D Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 278, September 1996

Subjects:

United States. Armed Forces, United States--Military policy

Collections: Entire Library

...was built of local limestone in 1878, two years after the massacre...Rebellion in western Pennsylvania, in 1794. During another discussion a visiting...nineteenth-century New England poet William Cullen Bryant wrote that "prairie"--suggestive...
3.

Read/Write Review

Fort Leavenworth and the Eclipse of Nationhood

Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 278, September 1996

Subjects:

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas--History, Military art and science--Analysis, Military education--Training, Military personnel--Training, Military science--Analysis, United States--Military policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...was built of local limestone in 1878, two years after the massacre...Rebellion in western Pennsylvania, in 1794. During another discussion a visiting...nineteenth-century New England poet William Cullen Bryant wrote that "prairie"--suggestive...

Top

Newspaper Articles on: (Bryant William Cullen 1794 1878)

1 results

1.

Read/Write Review

Peace and Happiness Now & throughout the New Year

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 29, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...blessed, joyful Christmas and a peaceful, peaceloving New Year to one and all. Or in the prayer of the poet William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878): "O Father, may the Holy Star Grow every year more bright, And send its glorious beam afar To fill...

Top

Encyclopedia Articles on: (Bryant William Cullen 1794 1878)

1 results

1.

Read/Write Review

Bryant, William Cullen

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN , 1794 1878, American poet and newspaper editor...learned and highly respected physician, Bryant was exposed to English poetry in his...year at Williams and private study, Bryant practiced law in Great Barrington...

Top