The Essays of Henry Timrod - Paperback

by Henry Timrod (Author), Edd Winfield Parks (Editor)

This book contains all of Timrod's essays and editorials that deal with literature. It includes William J. Grayson's neoclassical essay on poetry, since Timrod answered that attack on romanticism. A long introduction treats Timrod's work as critic, with a consideration of his reading and of the ideas that influenced his poetry.

Author Biography

EDD WINFIELD PARKS held degrees from Harvard and Vanderbilt. He was a member of the English Department at the University of Georgia where he was an Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of English. He published a volume of poetry and fourteen other books on the general subjects of American literature and literary criticism.