
In Praise of Common Things
Lizette Woodworth Reese Revisited
Robert J. Jones(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 30. September 1992
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-313-27966-9 (ISBN)
Description
Lizette Woodworth Reese was a professional, independent woman from the time she left high school in 1873. She began her teaching career that year and published her first poem in Baltimore's Southern Magazine in 1874. She taught for 45 years in the public schools of Baltimore. Her poetry and her readings of it were particularly popular in women's roups throughout the United States. She was one of the founders of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore and its chairman of poetry until her death in 1935. In April, 1931 she was named Poet Laureate of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. In that same month, she was iven an honorary doctorate of literature by Goucher College which called her one of the greatest living women in America. In her lifetime, Reese was internationally admired for her poetic genius and hailed by H.L. Mencken as one of the most distinguished poets in the United States. This volume is the first extensive collection of her poems since her Selected Poems was published in 1926.
The volume begins with a short biographical sketch of the poet and includes some 250 of her poems. The poems are arranged into sections illustrating some of her major themes: nature, love, remembrance, faith, family, history, and literature. An eighth section contains a complete narrative poem, Little Henrietta, about the life and death of a young girl. Introductory comments help to place Reese in the continuum of American poetry and to indicate her influence on succeeding generations of poets. The book also includes an extensive bibliography and a subject index.
The volume begins with a short biographical sketch of the poet and includes some 250 of her poems. The poems are arranged into sections illustrating some of her major themes: nature, love, remembrance, faith, family, history, and literature. An eighth section contains a complete narrative poem, Little Henrietta, about the life and death of a young girl. Introductory comments help to place Reese in the continuum of American poetry and to indicate her influence on succeeding generations of poets. The book also includes an extensive bibliography and a subject index.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-27966-9 (9780313279669)
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Person
ROBERT J. JONES is now retired and was a freelance writer after thirty-five years as a television/radio personality and journalist in Maryland and Ohio. He has written extensively for the media: newspaper and magazine articles, and plays, documentaries, and essays for radio and television.
Content
Preface Introduction The Very Ribs of Spring Ye Old, Old Dead, and Ye of Yesternight Ever Is the Old at Root of New Oh, Love! This Way Has Hints of You I Am Thy Grass, O Lord! In Praise of Common Things Art, What Are Thine Ends? Little Henrietta Reese's Books Reese's Periodical Publications Glossary Bibliography Abbreviations Index