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From: Seven Great American Poets[(essay date 1901) In the following essay, Hart provides a biography of Whittier, illuminating his life with quotations from his poetry.] He loved his friends, forgave his foes; And, if his words were harsh...
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From: and "Poems Seriatim." In John Greenleaf Whittier: His Life, Genius, and Writings[(essay date 1883) In the following excerpts, Kennedy discusses Whittier's poetic style and the way it evolved over the course of his literary career, from the fiery indignation of his early reform poetry to the more...
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From: The London Quarterly Review[In addition to praising Whittier as a reformer, the anonymous critic contrasts Whittier's life and work with that of the English poet William Cowper.] As a religious poet, Whittier has been compared to Cowper; but the...
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From: The Westminster Review[In this overview of Whittier's work, Lee attributes to Whittier the homely dignity as well as the faults of a genuine native poet.] Few poets afford a more striking illustration of the untrust-worthiness of...
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From: The Literary World[Stowe was an important nineteenth-century abolitionist and writer. Her famous novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, is noted for its humanitarian tone and antislavery focus; it became one of the most...
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From: The Athenaeum and Literary ChronicleThe chorus of voices which lately in the evening and the morning papers attested English sympathy with the loss sustained, perhaps more by the general body than the literary minority of his countrymen, in the death of...
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From: Criticism[(essay date fall 1996) In the following essay, Grant discusses the political poetry Whittier aimed at Northerners who compromised with Southern slave-owners, focusing in particular on "The Panorama," which combines an...
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From: American Literature[(essay date November 1933) In the following essay, Christy examines the influence of the Bhagavadgita on some of Whittier's poems, among them "Miriam," "The Preacher," and "The Over-Heart."] Whittier is so provincial...
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From: Modern Age[(essay date spring 2005) In the following essay, Iannone discusses Whittier's place in American literary history, acknowledging that much of his verse has been forgotten--perhaps rightly so--but praising much of his...
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From: New England Quarterly[(essay date 1940) In the following essay, Stearns discusses Whittier’s journalism, discussing his career as an editor and quoting from representative editorials by him.] For thirty years of his life John Greenleaf...
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From: Sewanee Review[(essay date January-March 1971) In the following essay, Warren traces Whittier's development as a poet, moving from his early poorly-organized work, to his abolitionist propaganda, and finally, to the more successful...
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From:Reference Guide to American Literature (3rd ed.)The opening sequence of John Greenleaf Whittier's Snow-Bound introduces one of the poem's finest features—its descriptive details. Presenting the dreariness of the weather, these details make it clear that the poem will...
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From: The Literary World[Bryant is considered one of the most accomplished American poets of the nineteenth century. His treatment of the themes of nature and mutability identifies him as one of the earliest figures in the Romantic movement in...
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From: The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier[In this preface to the 1857 collection, The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Whittier apologizes for his lack of revision, a fault cited by Augustine J. H. Duganne (1851) and John Vance Cheney (1892)....
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From: The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier[In his preface to the 1887 edition of The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Whittier says that he has spent little time in revising his work, for he has “neither strength nor patience to undertake...
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From: Whittier and His Poetry[(essay date 1917) In the following excerpt, Hudson recounts Whittier's literary work in support of abolitionism, noting that as a Quaker, the poet hated war as much as he hated slavery, and was profoundly disturbed by...
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From: American Journal of Semiotics[(essay date summer 1995) In the following essay, Leonard examines "The Slave-Ships," "The Christian Slave," "Toussaint L'Ouverture," and other anti-slavery poems, contending that they are characterized by violent...
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From: John Greenleaf Whittier: Selected Poems[(essay date 2004) In the following introduction, Wineapple praises the fiery rhetoric of Whittier's anti-slavery poems and believes they deserve to be revisited by readers today.] Once upon a time the poetry of John...
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From: Journal of Negro History[(essay date April 1950) In the following essay, Smallwood discusses Whittier's contributions to the anti-slavery movement as a poet and journalist, but also as a militant activist in the abolitionist cause.] The fame...
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From: Essays in Literature[(essay date spring 1974) In the following essay, Trawick discusses Whittier's most successful poem, contending that Snow-Bound is a traditional Romantic poem since it celebrates the power of the imagination to transcend...