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AreytosPoetry | John Russell | 1846 Published
in 1846 by John Russell in Charleston, SC, Areytos
was also titled Songs of the South, because
all the poems dealt with subject matter related to the southern United States. Many had been published previously in various
periodicals.[1]
Simms issued this collection on the heels of his Grouped Thoughts and Scattered Fancies. A Collection of Sonnets.[2] Thinking of himself primarily as a poet and
wanting to secure his place as one of America’s best, he followed the
publications of Grouped Thoughts
(1845) and Areytos (1846) with five
other volumes of poetry, all published ... |
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Lays of the Palmetto: A Tribute to the South Carolina Regiment, in the War with Mexico.Poetry | John Russell | 1848 Lays of the Palmetto is a collection of poems that
William Gilmore Simms wrote in honor of the South Carolina regiment that
participated in the war with Mexico. Many
of the poems were originally published in the Charleston Courier in February and March of 1848.[1] Simms
is directly identified as the author of the work on the title page. In a March 23, 1848 letter to his friend and
New York agent, James Lawson, Simms indicated to him that he had “just finished,”
the work and was preparing it to go to press.[2] In late July 1848, Lays of the Palmetto was published by John ... |
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The Cassique of Accabee. Tale of Ashley River. With Other Pieces by William Gilmore Simms.Poetry | John Russell | 1849 The
Cassique of Accabee, a volume of
poetry by William Gilmore Simms, features one long narrative poem, which shares
its title with the book. The volume also
contains a section of shorter poems.
These poems were all previously published in other forms before they
appeared in this collection,[1] published
by John Russell in 1849 in Charleston, South Carolina. As James Kibler notes, the volume was
completely printed by September 19, 1849, but copies were still being bound
around September 27, 1849.[2] Kibler observes further that subsequent copies
of the work, all of which were ... |
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