Selected Poems and Verse Fables, 1784-1793.

Title

en_US Selected Poems and Verse Fables, 1784-1793.

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US William Hill Brown, edited by Richard Walser

Creator

en_US Brown, William Hill See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T16:07:59Z

en_US 1992-04

en_US 1982

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:07:59Z

Date Issued

en_US 1982

Abstract

en_US Brown wrote the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy, in 1789. He also wrote twenty-six verse fables, thirteen of which are printed here. He seems to have written particularly for young women. Brown put himself in the tradition of Gay; some of the fables refer to and parallel Gay's. The fables are really sermons, heavy on talk. Most seem to work off of the formula What would the x and the y say to each other? Reading them is something of a chore. For me the best are The Sailor and the Brahmin (59), The Two Hares and the Monkey (77), and The Lion and the Tarapen (81) because something happens. Try The Educated Indians (75) for both racism and sexism! There is one drawing (81) reproduced from the Baltimore Evening Post. This book went overseas, was sold by Skoob Books, and came back again.

Identifier

en_US 874132231

en_US 1881 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77447

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US University of Delaware Press

en_US Newark

Subject

en_US PS715.B6 A6 1982 See all items with this value

en_US Brown See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole