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Bibliography: Unknown by Lowell, James Russell

Title
Unknown
Author
Lowell, James Russell
Genre
poetry
Note Source
Gazette 11/30/1902; Courier 10/12/1895
Note Relating to Cather

In a 1902 Gazette article Cather writes: "Longfellow, Bryant, Holmes, Lowell and even Whittier for the most part endeavored to apply the methods and sentiment of English poetry to their New World environment."

In an 1895 Courier article Cather writes: "With the exception of Henry James and Hawthorne, Poe is our only master of great prose.... With the exception of Lowell, Poe is our only great poet."