American Literary Criticism

admirable American literature artist beauty Benjamin Constant better called Carlyle character charm Cornelius Mathews divine drama Edmund Clarence Stedman EDWIN PERCY WHIPPLE Eloisa to Abelard Emerson English epic essays expression eyes fact faculty faith fancy feeling fiction forms genius George Eliot give Goethe greatest poet heart human ideal ideas imagination imitation impression influence inspiration intellectual James Russell Lowell language less light living matter merit mind moral nation nature ness never noble North American Review novel original passion perfect philosophy poem poet poetic Poetic Principle poetry Pope Pope's principles Puritanism reader rhyme Richard Henry Dana Sainte-Beuve satire seems sense sentiment Shakspeare song soul speak spirit style sympathy taste Thackeray things Thoreau thought tion tone touch true truth utter verse volumes whole words writing written