Charles H. Crandall
Published: 2015-06-24
Total Pages: 389
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Excerpt from Representative Sonnets by American Poets: With an Essay on the Sonnet, Its Nature and History, Including Many Notable Sonnets of Other Literatures, Also Biographical Notes, Indexes, Etc The design of this work is to group as many of the best sonnets in American literature as can be included in a volume of convenient size, and to make the selection as widely representative as possible while giving to the most eminent sonnet-writers a proper prominence by more numerous examples of their work. The editor has endeavored to apply to every sonnet the test of merit: first, for genuine poetic thought; second, for melodious expression and a reasonable regard for the accepted forms. Sonnets of merit in imagination and structure have been rejected in some cases because they contained some repellent idea or discordant note. Again, it has seemed well to allow some subjects to be represented by several sonnets in order to secure the best work of each author, regardless of subject, as well as to give the additional interest of comparing the various views of the same theme. Generally it has been intended to place the finest of an author's sonnets at the head, but occasionally it has been put at the close or else-where, when the exceptional arrangement enhanced the general effect. 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.