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"Long Years of Neglect"
The Work and Reputation of William Gilmore Simms / Ed. by John Caldwell Guilds.
Av John C. Guilds, John Caldwell Guilds
Inbunden, 1989
398 kr
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With this collection of essays, the literary record of one of the first and most important men of letters from the South is finally reevaluated from the critical perspective time provides.William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) was a poet, critic, novelist, and correspondent whose accomplishment has long …
Guy Rivers
A Tale of Georgia
Av William G. Simms, John Caldwell Guilds
Inbunden, 1993
600 kr
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The first of William Gilmore Simms's Border Romance series, this is a vividly accurate and entertaining account of two very different societies in frontier Georgia during the height of the gold-rush era.
Yemassee
A Romance of Carolina
Av John C. Guilds, John Caldwell Guilds
Inbunden, 1993
714 kr
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Viewed from today's perspective, The Yemassee dramatically and unflinchingly bares the manipulation, exploitation, and eventual genocide of a proud indigenous nation that preferred extinction to the surrender of its land and the subjugation of its people.
Richard Hurdis
A Tale of Alabama
Inbunden, 1995
526 kr
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Originally published in 1838, Richard Hurdis portrays the "wild and savage" southwest frontier of the new Republic in the 1820s and 30s. When the narrator/protagonist Richard Hurdis daringly infiltrates the criminal network in an effort the stem the corruption and to avenge the brutal murder of his …
Richard Hurdis
A Tale of Alabama
Häftad, 1995
467 kr
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Originally published in 1838, Richard Hurdis portrays the "wild and savage" southwest frontier of the new Republic in the 1820s and 30s. When the narrator/protagonist Richard Hurdis daringly infiltrates the criminal network in an effort the stem the corruption and to avenge the brutal murder of his …
Simms
A Literary Life
Häftad, 1995
467 kr
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Edgar Allan Poe viewed William Gilmore Simms “in invention, in vigor, in movement, in the power of exciting interest, and in the artistical arrangement of his themes,” as surpassing “any of his countrymen.” After the Civil War, long years of neglect tarnished Simms’s reputation as “the central …
Helen Halsey, or the Swamp State of Conelachita
A Tale of the Borders
Av William Gilmore Simms, John Caldwell Guilds
Inbunden, 1998
481 kr
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In this novelette, William Gilmore Simms records one of the awful realities of America's early frontier, that of women trapped in ill-fated marriages. Forced into a union with her lover, Helen Halsey is exploited and victimized in a domestic situation from which there is no release.Utilizing the …
Poetry and the Practical
Av William Gilmore Simms, James Kibler
Häftad, 1998
281 kr
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Delivered as a three-part lecture series in 1854 at the famous Hibernian Society Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, Simms’s spirited defense of poetry stands in the nobel line of poetic credos from poets such as Sir Philip Sidney and Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is the only full-length work of its …
Wigwam and the Cabin
Häftad, 2001
505 kr
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One of the most important volumes of short fiction published before the Civil War. The Wigwam and the Cabin represents William Gilmore Simms at his very best. It is the work that led Poe to say of Simms, ". . . in invention, in vigor, in movement, in the power of exciting interest, and in the …
Vasconselos
A Romance of the New World
Av William Gilmore Simms, Kevin Collins m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
537 kr
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The writings of William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) provide a sweeping fictional portrait of the colonial and antebellum South in all of its regional diversity. Simms's account of the region is more comprehensive than that of any other author of his time; he treats the major intellectual and social …
Forayers
Or the Raid of the Dog Days
Av William Gilmore Simms, David W. Newton
Häftad, 2003
505 kr
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Historical novelist William Gilmore Simms first published The Forayers in 1855 at the peak of his reputation and ability. Simms had set out to create a prose epic through a series of linked novels detailing American history and struggles from early colonization to the mid-nineteenth century. The …
Cassique of Kiawah
A Colonial Romance
Av William Gilmore Simms, Kevin Collins
Häftad, 2003
505 kr
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First drafted as a novel called Oyster Point when the author was only eighteen, The Cassique of Kiawah was finally published thirty-five years later, in 1859, at the height of William Gilmore Simms's career. It is a history through fiction of early Charleston, South Carolina, and completed Simms's …
Martin Faber
The Story of a Criminal with "Confessions of a Murder
Av William Gilmore Simms, John Caldwell Guilds
Häftad, 2006
505 kr
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William Gilmore Simms's (1806–1870) body of work, a sweeping fictional portrait of the colonial and antebellum South in all its regional diversity, with its literary and intellectual issues, is probably more comprehensive than any other nineteenth-century southern author. Simms's career began with …
Eutaw
A Sequel to the Forayers, or the Raid of the Dog Days
Av William Gilmore Simms, David W. Newton
Häftad, 2006
505 kr
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William Gilmore Simms' (1806-1870) body of work, which provides a sweeping fictional portrait of the colonial and antebellum South in all its regional diversity, complete with its literary and intellectual issues, is probably more comprehensive than that of any other nineteenth-century southern …
