Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism


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Volume 111

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Philosophers, and Other Creative Writers Who Died between 1800 and 1899, from the First Published Critical Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Lynn M. Zott

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Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Vol. 111
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Lynn M. Zott

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Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of NCLC. Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED EXCERPTS IN NCLC, VOLUME 111, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

Arizona Quarterly, v. 50, Autumn, 1994 for “‘The Posture That We Give the Dead’: Freneau’s ‘Indian Burying Ground’ in Ethnohistorical Context” by Phillip Round. Copyright © 1994 by the Regents of the University of Arizona. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Classical and Modern Literature, v. 15, 1995. Reproduced by permission.— Criticism, v. XXX, 1988. Copyright, 1988, Wayne State University Press. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.— Early American Literature, v. 9, Spring, 1974. Reproduced by permission of the University of North Carolina.—Hispanic Journal, v. 12, Spring, 1991. © copyright, 1991 IUP Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Reproduced by permission.— Hispanofila, v. 126, May, 1999. Reproduced by permission.—Letras Femeninas, v. 15, 1989. Reproduced by permission.—New Literary History, 1993. Copyright © 1993 by New Literary History. Reproduced by permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.—Nineteenth-Century French Studies, v. 19, Winter, 1991. © 1991 by Nineteenth-Century French Studies. Reproduced by permission.—Nineteenth-Century Literature, v. 54, June, 1999 for “Wordsworth, ‘Lyrical Ballads,’ and the Problem of Peasant Poetry” by Scott McEathron. © 1999 by The Regents of the University of California. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—The Spectator, v. 64, April 5, 1980. © 1980 by The Spectator. Reproduced by permission of The Spectator.—Studies in English Literature, v. 36, Autumn, 1996. © The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reproduced by permission.—Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Foreign Literature, v. 33, Summer, 1979. Copyright © 1979 Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation. Reproduced with permission of the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, published by Heldref Publications, 1319 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 200361802.

COPYRIGHTED EXCERPTS IN NCLC, VOLUME 111, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Adkins, Nelson F. From “Nature” and “Deism,” in Philip Freneau and the Cosmic Enigma. Russell & Russell, 1949. Copyright © 1949 by Russell & Russell. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Bowden, Mary Weatherspoon. From Philip Freneau. Twayne Publishers, 1976. Copyright © 1976 by Twayne Publishers. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Campbell, Patrick. From Wordsworth and Coleridge: “Lyrical Ballads.” Macmillan, 1991. Copyright © 1991 by Macmillan. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Davie, Donald. From Wordsworth’s Mind and Art. Oliver and Boyd, 1969. Copyright © 1969 by Oliver and Boyd. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Eberwein, Jane Donahue. From Early American Poetry: Selections from Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Freneau, and Bryant. University of Wisconsin Press, 1978. Copyright © 1978 by University of Wisconsin Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Eilenberg, Susan. From Strange Power of Speech: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Literary Possession. Oxford University Press, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Glen, Heather. From Vision and Disenchantment: Blake’s “Songs” and Wordsworth’s “Lyrical Ballads.” Cambridge University Press, 1983. Copyright © 1983 by Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Harrington, Joseph. From Making America/Making American Literature: Franklin to Cooper. Rodopi, 1996. Copyright © 1996 by Rodopi. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Harter, Hugh. From Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. Twayne Publishers, 1981. Copyright © 1981 by Twayne Publishers. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Jacobus, Mary. From Tradition and Experiment in Wordsworth’s “Lyrical Ballads” (1798). Clarendon Press, 1976. Copyright © 1976 by Clarendon Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Kirkpatrick, Susan. From In the Feminine Mode: Essays on Hispanic Women Writers. Bucknell University Press, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by Bucknell University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Lang, Hans-Joachim. From The Transit of Civilization

from Europe to America: Essays in Honor of Hans Galinsky. Narr, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by Narr. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Miller, Beth. From Women in Hispanic Literature: Icons and Fallen Idols. University of California Press, 1983. Copyright © 1983 by University of California Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Murray, Roger N. From Wordsworth’s Style: Figures and Themes in the “Lyrical Ballads” of 1800. University of Nebraska Press, 1967. Copyright © 1967 by University of Nebraska Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Parrish, Stephen. From Coleridge’s Imagination: Essays in Memory of Pete Laver. Cambridge University Press, 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Parrish, Stephen Maxfield. From The Art of the “Lyrical Ballads.” Harvard University Press, 1973. Copyright © 1973 by Harvard University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Prickett, Stephen. From The Art of the “Lyrical Ballads.” Edward Arnold, 1975. Copyright © 1975 by Edward Arnold. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Scott, Nina M. From An Introduction to Sab and Autobiography. University of Texas Press, 1993. Copyright © 1993 by University of Texas Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Scott, Nina M. From Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries. University of Texas Press, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by University of Texas Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Stabler, Jane. From 1798: The Year of the “Lyrical Ballads.” Macmillan, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Macmillan. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Vitzthum, Richard C. From Land and Sea: The Lyric Poetry of Philip Freneau. University of Minnesota Press, 1978. Copyright © 1978 by University of Minnesota Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS APPEARING IN NCLC, VOLUME 111, WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:

Freneau, Philip, engraving. Archive Photos, Inc. Reproduced by permission.—Front page of the “National Gazette,” published by Philip Freneau, photograph. Courtesy of The Library of Congress.—Gravesite of Philip Freneau, watercolor painting by Helen P. Strong. Monmouth County Historical Association Library & Archives. Reproduced by permission.— Title page from “Lyrical Ballads,” written by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Special Collections Library, University of Michigan. Reproduced by permission.—Title page from “Poesias Liricas,” written by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. Special Collections Library, University of Michigan. Reproduced by permission.—Wordsworth, William, engraving by J. Cochran. Courtesy of The Library of Congress.

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