Delphi Complete Works of William Cullen Bryant (Illustrated)

Book excerpt: One of the most important writers of early literary America, William Cullen Bryant was one of the ‘fireside poets’, whose romantic verses were among the first to rival successfully the works of the British poets, both at home and abroad. Bryant’s poetry is learned, thoughtful and meditative in character, while accessible to the general reader. His work went on to inspire the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. For the first time in publishing history, this volume presents Bryant’s complete works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bryant’s life and works * Concise introduction to Bryant’s life and poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Rare uncollected poems available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * The complete translations of Homer’s epics * Includes Bryant’s short stories — digitised here for the first time * Bryant’s non-fiction works, with numerous literary essays and travel writing articles * The rare autobiography, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Features two biographies — discover Bryant’s literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (1911) by George Washington Cable Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Homeric Translations The Iliad (1870) The Odyssey (1871) The Short Stories The Short Stories of William Cullen Bryant The Non-Fiction Early American Verse (1818) On Trisyllabic Feet in Iambic Measure (1818) Lectures on Poetry (1825) Nostradamus’s Provençal Poets (1825) Moriscan Romances (1829) Female Troubadours (1830) Letters of a Traveller (1850) Commemorative Discourses (1852-1870) Oldham’s Poems (1872) Poets and Poetry of the English Language (1876) Abraham Cowley (1877) Sketches of Travel (1884) Occasional Addresses (1884) Editorial Comments and Criticisms (1884) The Autobiography An Autobiography of Mr. Bryant’s Early Life (1875) The Biographies William Cullen Bryant (1880) by R. H. Stoddard William Cullen Bryant (1906) by Leon H. Vincent Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set