William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He studied law in Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar in 1815. In 1821 he spent months working on
William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He studied law in Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar in 1815. In 1821 he spent months working on "The Ages", a verse poem about the history of civilization and the establishment of the United States. That poem led a collection, entitled Poems, to which he added sets of lines at the beginning and end of his poem "Thanatopsis" and his career as a poet was launched. But writing poetry could not financially sustain a family. He became Assistant Editor of the New York Evening Post under William Coleman, a newspaper founded by Alexander Hamilton. Within two years, he was Editor-in-Chief and a part owner and remained in that position for half a century (1828-78). In his last decade, Bryant shifted from writing his own poetry to a blank verse translation of Homer's works. He is also remembered as one of the principal authorities on homeopathy and as a hymnist for the Unitarian Church. He died in 1878, at the age of 83, of complications from an accidental fall. As a writer, Bryant was an early advocate of American literary nationalism, and his own poetry focusing on nature as a metaphor for truth established a central pattern in the American literary tradition.
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