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Evert Augustus Duyckinck, His Life, Writings and Influence
This book is a fascinating biography of Evert Augustus Duyckinck, a prominent literary critic and editor in 19th-century New York. Duyckinck was a central figure in the American literary scene, and he worked closely with such luminaries as Edgar Allan Poe and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Osgood paints a vivid portrait of Duyckinck's life and achievements and shows how he helped shape American culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Evert Augustus Duyckinck, His Life, Writings and Influence: A Memoir (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Evert Augustus Duyckinck, His Life, Writings and Influence: A Memoir As to the quality of his work, there can be but one Opinion so far as fineness of taste and purity of sentiment and conscientious labor are concerned. That he had not more of the dash and fire that are so essential to the new and successful writers of our day, we may ascribe to his temperament and to his time. His temper was gentle and his habit was sedentary and meditative, and to him Art appeared more as a ministry of beauty than as an utterance of force. He lived a somewhat secluded life, almost wholly in his city home; and a rustic hermit like Thoreau, who was born the year after him, 1817, and a dashing ro...
The Grand Chorus of Complaint
An engaging study of authorship, ethics, and book publishing in 18th- and 19th-century America, The Grand Chorus of Complaint considers the uneasy relationship between art and commerce with readings of correspondence, newspaper articles, and works by Thomas Paine, Herman Melville, and Fanny Fern.
