An extraordinary piece of American history."We are but strangers in an inn, but passengers in a ship," said Roger Williams. This sense of the transiency of human effort, the perishable nature of human institutions, was quick in the consciousness of the gentleman adventurers and sober Puritan citizens who emigrated from England to the New World. It had been a familiar note in the poetry of that Elizabethan period which had followed with such breathless interest the exploration of Ame...

In "The American Mind," Bliss Perry engages in a profound exploration of American thought and culture during the early twentieth century. Through a keen analysis of philosophical, literary, and social currents, Perry articulates the complex tapestry of ideas that define the American identity. His literary style weaves together critical essays and reflective observations, offering a compelling narrative that delves into the influences of individualism, pragmatism, and democracy. The book is...

My confidence that the genetic method is the natural way of approaching the subject has been shared by many lovers of poetry. I hope, however, that I have not allowed my insistence upon the threefold process of “impression, transforming imagination, and expression” to harden into a set formula. Formulas have a certain dangerous usefulness for critics and teachers, but they are a very small part of one’s training in the appreciation of poetry.

Many years ago, as a student in a foreign university, I remember attacking, with the complacency of youth, a German history of the English drama, in six volumes. I lost courage long before the author reached the age of Elizabeth, but I still recall the subject of the opening chapter: it was devoted to the physical geography of Great Britain. Writing, as the good German professor did, in the triumphant hour of Taine's theory as to the significance of place, period, and environment in determ...

The United States of America has been from the beginning in a perpetual change. The physical and mental restlessness of the American and the temporary nature of many of his arrangements are largely due to the experimental character of the exploration and development of this continent. The new energies released by the settlement of the colonies were indeed guided by stern determination, wise forethought, and inventive skill; but no one has ever really known the outcome of the experiment. It...

The method of studying poetry which I have followed in this book was sketched some years ago in my chapter on "Poetry" in Counsel Upon the Reading of Books. My confidence that the genetic method is the natural way of approaching the subject has been shared by many lovers of poetry. I hope, however, that I have not allowed my insistence upon the threefold process of "impression, transforming imagination, and expression" to harden into a set formula. Formulas have a certain dangerous usefuln...

This audiobook is about the poignant and philisophical observations of a fly fisherman lured by the worm. Bliss Perry was a professor of literature at Princeton and Harvard Universities and spent time in Vermont writing and fly fishing.

The material for this book was delivered as the E. T. Earl Lectures for 1912 at the Pacific Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California, and I wish to take this opportunity to express to the President and Faculty of that institution my appreciation of their generous hospitality. The lectures were also given at the Lowell Institute, Boston, the Brooklyn Institute, and elsewhere, under the title American Traits in American Literature. In revising them for publication a briefer title has seemed d...

The material for this book was delivered as the E. T. Earl Lectures for 1912 at the Pacific Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California, and I wish to take this opportunity to express to the President and Faculty of that institution my appreciation of their generous hospitality.

The United States of America has been from the beginning in a perpetual change. The physical and mental restlessness of the American and the temporary nature of many of his arrangements are largely due to the experimental character of the exploration and development of this continent. The new energies released by the settlement of the colonies were indeed guided by stern determination, wise forethought, and inventive skill; but no one has ever really known the outcome of the experiment. It is...

從報社印刷學徒、年輕的雜誌撰稿人，到歌詠生命、歌詠靈魂和自由的「自由詩之父」，華特．惠特曼以詩歌描寫人性、展現人性，其倡導的思想理念與美國精神不謀而合，──「就像一種類型的字體，詩歌也必須要立足於本土化，與美國的當代社會與民主機構的精神相一致。」一生修改無數版本的詩作《草葉集》，直至惠特曼生命終結時，仍是一個有機的未完成之作，其詩歌被形容為「動物本能般的嘶吼、有著野性的吶喊」，──「我想要探尋人性，以一種比現有的詩歌形式，或是任何書籍更為真誠且全面的方式去展現出人的人性。」▎社會觀察者：始終關注底層社會、飽含對苦難之憐憫惠特曼熱衷於觀察社會、觀察人群，並對戲劇表演極為著迷...

In the textured anthology 'John Greenleaf Whittier: A Sketch of His Life, with Selected Poems,' readers are invited to explore the evocative literary landscape shaped by one of America's definitive voices in the 19th century. The collection captures Whittier'Äôs enduring thematic explorations of freedom, nature, and religious contemplation, woven seamlessly with an expressive range of poetic styles characterized by both simplicity and depth. This work serves as a testament to the socio-pol...