Manuscript: Landscapes from the Works of William Cullen Bryant addition (MSS 6244-ah)

Containers:

Folder 2

Extent:

0.04 Cubic Feet

Scope and content:

Manuscript poems from the Works of William Cullen Bryant with beautiful illustrations of nature painted by students from the Hudson River School of Landscape Painting.

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

This collection was a purchase from Bill Hutchison to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 27 January, 2015

Biographical / historical:

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was a prominent figure in the development of American literature and worked for over 50 years as the editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant's success in literature began when he was 17 years old through the publication of his acclaimed poem Thanatopsis in the North American Review. Early in his career, Bryant worked as an attorney before finding his calling as an editor at the New York Review and then The New York Evening Post. He used his position to publish works on a variety of controversial topics including free trade, workingmen's rights, abolition, and free speech. Along with using his role to advance social causes, Bryant was also a key member of the Democratic Party, and later a founding member of the Republican Party.

Subjects:

Poets

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