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Author: William Alexander Percy Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 0385352409 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 356
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Nothing would have given Will Percy greater delight—he died in January 1942—than this Collected Poems, for although he was lawyer, soldier, cosmopolitan, plantation-owner, and patriot, it was as a poet that he chose to think himself. And indeed this is a volume to be treasured by those whose memories go fondly back to days of quieter, more contemplative living. For Percy was not in any sense a modernist; his love of tradition is as evident in these poems as it was in his prose. Here again is the same gentle quality of nostalgia which has made Lanterns on the Levee one of the most charming and authentic pictures of the old South at its best. Percy’s first book of poems, Sappho in Levkas, was issued in 1905 and was followed by three others: In April Once (1920), Enzio’s Kingdom (1924), and Selected Poems (1930). In all of his poetry, Percy’s phrasing is lyric and dramatic; his verse forms subtly musical and finely regular—truly the work of a man who dreamed of the past and feared—all too prophetically—a dark and ominous future.
Author: William Alexander Percy Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 0385352409 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 356
Book Description
Nothing would have given Will Percy greater delight—he died in January 1942—than this Collected Poems, for although he was lawyer, soldier, cosmopolitan, plantation-owner, and patriot, it was as a poet that he chose to think himself. And indeed this is a volume to be treasured by those whose memories go fondly back to days of quieter, more contemplative living. For Percy was not in any sense a modernist; his love of tradition is as evident in these poems as it was in his prose. Here again is the same gentle quality of nostalgia which has made Lanterns on the Levee one of the most charming and authentic pictures of the old South at its best. Percy’s first book of poems, Sappho in Levkas, was issued in 1905 and was followed by three others: In April Once (1920), Enzio’s Kingdom (1924), and Selected Poems (1930). In all of his poetry, Percy’s phrasing is lyric and dramatic; his verse forms subtly musical and finely regular—truly the work of a man who dreamed of the past and feared—all too prophetically—a dark and ominous future.
Author: William Alexander Percy Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781022036673 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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This collection of poems by William Alexander Percy includes works inspired by his travels to Greece and Europe, as well as more personal reflections on love and loss. Percy's writing is known for its lyrical quality and exploration of themes such as beauty, nature, and mortality. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: William Alexander Percy Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1473395372 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 128
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This antiquarian volume contains a collection of Arthur O'shaughnessy’s poetry, with an introduction by William Alexander Percy. Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy (1844 - 1881) was a seminal British poet of Irish descent. This collection would make for a great addition to any personal library, and it is not to be missed by fans of O'shaughnessy’s wonderful work. The poems include: “Exile”, “The Fair Maid and the Sun”, “The Cypress”, “A Whisper from the Grave”, “Bisclavaret”, “Thought”, “Palm Flowers”, “John the Baptists”, “Salome”, “The Fountain of Tears”, “The Spectre of the Past”, “Lover after Death”, “From Music and Moonlight”, “Ode”, etcetera. William Alexander Percy (1885 - 1942) was an American lawyer and poet. A fascinating and intellectually gifted individual, "A lantern on the Levee" (his autobiography), was a bestseller on its publication in 1941. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Author: Benjamin E. Wise Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN: 0807869953 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 368
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In this evocative biography, Benjamin E. Wise presents the singular life of William Alexander Percy (1885-1942), a queer plantation owner, poet, and memoirist from Mississippi. Though Percy is best known as a conservative apologist of the southern racial order, in this telling Wise creates a complex and surprising portrait of a cultural relativist, sexual liberationist, and white supremacist. We follow Percy as he travels from Mississippi around the globe and, always, back again to the Delta. Wise's exploration brings depth and new meaning to Percy's already compelling life story--his prominent family's troubled history, his elite education and subsequent soldiering in World War I, his civic leadership during the Mississippi River flood of 1927, his mentoring of writers Walker Percy and Shelby Foote, and the writing and publication of his classic autobiography, Lanterns on the Levee. This biography sets Percy's life and search for meaning in the context of his history in the Deep South and his experiences in the gay male world of the early twentieth century. In Wise's hands, these seemingly disparate worlds become one.
Author: William Alexander Percy Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9781461958734 Category : POETRY Languages : en Pages : 400
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Nothing would have given Will Percy greater delight--he died in January 1942--than this "Collected Poems," for although he was lawyer, soldier, cosmopolitan, plantation-owner, and patriot, it was as a poet that he chose to think himself. And indeed this is a volume to be treasured by those whose memories go fondly back to days of quieter, more contemplative living. For Percy was not in any sense a modernist; his love of tradition is as evident in these poems as it was in his prose. Here again is the same gentle quality of nostalgia which has made "Lanterns on the Levee" one of the most charming and authentic pictures of the old South at its best. Percy's first book of poems, "Sappho in Levkas," was issued in 1905 and was followed by three others: "In April Once" (1920), "Enzio's Kingdom" (1924), and "Selected Poems" (1930). In all of his poetry, Percy's phrasing is lyric and dramatic; his verse forms subtly musical and finely regular--truly the work of a man who dreamed of the past and feared--all too prophetically--a dark and ominous future.
Author: William Alexander Percy
Author: William Alexander Percy
Author: William Alexander Percy
Author: William Alexander Percy
Author: Phinizy Spalding
Author: William Alexander Percy
Author: Yale University (NEW HAVEN, Connecticut). Kingsley Trust Association
Author: William Alexander Percy
Author: William Alexander Percy
Author: Benjamin E. Wise
Author: William Alexander Percy