Rayburn S. Moore
Published: 2018-03-20
Total Pages: 194
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Excerpt from Paul Hamilton Hayne This study is the first book-length treatment of Paul Hamilton Hayne's poetry. There are, of course, theses and dissertations on various aspects of Hayne's life and work, and Kate H. Becker's Paul Hamilton H ayne: Life and Letters (1951) offers a summary compiled from already published materials. Far more valuable are the collections of letters and correspondence edited by D. M. Mckeithan and Charles Duffy and the discussions of Hayne as critic and man of letters by Jay B. Hubbell and Edd W. Parks. Hayne's poetry, however, has hitherto never been fully considered. After sketching his life and literary career, I have therefore concentrated on Hayne as poet by considering his collections in turn (including one put together after his death btis wife and son) and by discussing the more important poems in each. Since few of these pieces have been treated in any detail by twentieth century critics, I have examined all the major collections of -hayne papers (particularly those in the chief repository at Per kins Library, Duke University) and have tried to present certain basic facts regarding the composition, publication, and the then contemporary criticism of both individual poems and collections. Moreover, I have drawn comparisons and traced developments in Hayne's ideas and techniques. I have, wherever possible, let his poems speak for themselves because they are not well known, nor are they available in paperback editions or readily accessible in many libraries. There is not, however, sufficient space to sub ject individual poems to full-scale critical analysis, but within the contextual limits of this approach, I have been critical withal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.