The Power For Sanity: Selected Editorials of William Cullen Bryant, 1829-61 [Paperback]

William Cullen Bryant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1994

At his death in 1878 William Cullen Bryant had been, for fifty-one years, the chief editor and a principal owner of the New York Evening Post. The paper had been started in 1801 by lawyer William Coleman in association with the Federalist politician Alexander Hamilton. In 1826, Coleman hired Bryant as a reporter. Although Coleman may have engaged his services because of his growing distinction as a poet, Bryant was also by then an experienced writer of prose, having published more than fifty critical and familiar essays. He had been both editor of and most frequent writer for the monthly New York Review and the United States Review, and was known widely for his lectures on poetry before the New York Athenacum. By the time he assumed the direction of the Evening Post after Coleman's death in 1829 he had proved himself, in three annual volumes of the holiday gift book The Talisman, to be proficient in a wit and irony soon reflected in his editorials.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

William Cullen Bryant II, a collateral descendant, earned his Ph.D. at columbia University. He has taught at his alma mater and at the University of Iowa, Fordham University, and the City University of New York. Widely traveled as a naval officer, teacher, and lecturer, he lives in Garrison, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 394 pages
• Publisher: Fordham University Press; 2 edition (January 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082321544X
• ISBN-13: 978-0823215447
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,459,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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