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- Subject heading: American Poetry -- 19th Century (x)
- Time period: Antebellum Period (x)
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Simms's Poems: Areytos or Songs and Ballads of the South with Other PoemsAntebellum Period | Poetry | Russell & Jones | 1860 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 ... |