The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Couverture souple

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406759821 ISBN 13 : 9781406759822

Editeur : Read Books, 2007

Synopsis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This Cambridge Edition of The Complete Poetio Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes is the fourth in a series which includes the poems and dramas of Longfellow, Whittier, and Browning. It follows in its scheme the plan of the previous volumes. The editor was at some disadvantage in not being able to avail himself of the Life of Dr. Holmes which is now in preparation, but the frequent autobiographical passages in the writings of the author enabled him to illustrate a career devoid, even more than that of most poets, of adventure or dramatic incident. The head-notes, in like manner, could frequently be supplied from comment occurring in the authors prose writings and in prefaces to separate publications of poems, but very many of the poems are so self-explanatory that the reader requires no introduction. The policy has been pursued, as in the former cases, of taking the latest collective edition issued in the poets lifetime as the pattern to be followed both in text and in arrangement, but the opportunity has been used to include a few poems which were written after the latest edition appeared or had by some accident failed to receive the authors attention when he was making up his final collection; no attempt, however, has been made, in gathering the early poems, to go outside of the volumes in which they were originally included. It is assumed that Dr. Holmes when making up these volumes intentionally disregarded some of the poems scattered through periodicals. This is confirmed by the attitude which he took when his attention was called to the omission upon the occasion of the issue of the Riverside Edition. He refused to give them a refuge even in an appendix. The arrangement here is the same as in the Riverside Edition, with some slight modification, chiefly caused by the introduction of new material. In accordance with the plan of this series and with Dr. Holme
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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: With Illustrations was written by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1936. This is a 388 page book, containing 78346 words and 2pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1406759821
• ISBN 13: 9781406759822
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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