A primer of American literature . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 61 of pieces which indicated that a new and true poethad arisen. The subjects were not novel, but theywere treated in a style which was a rare union ofstrength and minuteness of phrase, the authorsopulence of thought preventing his nicety fromseeming artificial. A prose series of Conversationson the Old Poets (1845) critically considered Chaucer,George Chapman, and some obscure writers. Itfound few readers, and has never been reissued,though its authors maturer judgment has since pre-pared critical articles on several of the authors in-cl
A primer of American literature . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 61 of pieces which indicated that a new and true poethad arisen. The subjects were not novel, but theywere treated in a style which was a rare union ofstrength and minuteness of phrase, the authorsopulence of thought preventing his nicety fromseeming artificial. A prose series of Conversationson the Old Poets (1845) critically considered Chaucer,George Chapman, and some obscure writers. Itfound few readers, and has never been reissued,though its authors maturer judgment has since pre-pared critical articles on several of the authors in-cluded, notably Chaucer. Another volume of poemswas printed in 1848, of which The Present Crisismade a considerable sensation. The Vision of SirLaunfal, published the same year, is the mostelaborate of the authors productions, being anallegory of good deeds, and containing many quot-able lines. At this time Mr. Lowell was very indus-trious, for in 1848 he also brought out, in NewYork, A Fable for Critics^ a wonderfully clever char-
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