AMERICAN POETRY: THE 19TH CENTURY
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Combining the Library of America's two-volume collection into a single definitive anthology, American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century presents over 1,000 poems by nearly 150 poets. The anthology extends chronologically from the classical couplets of Philip Freneau through the pioneering free verse of Walt Whitman to the modernist stirrings of Stephen Crane. In addition to the works of Dickinson, Emerson, Longfellow, and Poe, the collection includes poetry yet to achieve recognition%the work of African-Americans, 19th century translations of traditional Native American texts, the verse of popular humorists, the lyrics of folk songs, and railroad ballads. American Poetry contains six hours of audio excerpts from the readings that heralded the anthology's original publication. Performances include Garrison Keillor reading Whitman's "I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing" and N. Scott Momaday reciting a Navajo prayer. Indexes of poets, titles, first lines, and all audio material are included with biographical notes, photographs of nearly sixty poets, and a chronology of poetry in the 19th century. Price: $79.95