Literary Criticism (1400-1800) | Graveyard Poets - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

BIOGRAPHY

Phelps, William Lyon. Introduction to Selections from the Poetry and Prose of Thomas Gray, pp. xiiv-xxxix. Boston: Ginn & Company, Publishers, 1894.

Provides an overview of Gray's life and how his experiences affected his writings.

Rawson, Claude. Introduction to Collected Poems of Thomas Parnell, pp. 15-42. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1989.

Weaves together Parnell's experiences with summaries of his works.

CRITICISM

Brodwin, Stanley. “The ‘Denial of Death’ in William Cullen Bryant and Walt Whitman.” In William Cullen Bryant and His America: Centennial Conference Proceedings 1878-1978, pp. 113-31. New York: AMS Press, 1983.

Discusses how Bryant deals with death in his poetic works.

Fairchild, Hoxie Neale. “The Beginnings of Sentimentalism.” In Religious Trends in English Poetry, Vol 1, pp. 231-36. New York:...

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