The Arena

Description

In 1838, Doctor Holmes accepted his first professorial position, and
became professor of anatomy and physiology at Dartmouth. Two
years later, he married, and took up the practice of medicine in
Boston. In 1847, he returned to his old love, accepting the Parkman
professorship of anatomy and physiology, in the Medical School at
Harvard. While engaged in teaching, he prepared for publication
several important books and reports relating to his profession, and
his papers in the various medical journals attracted great attention
by their freshness, clearness, and originality. But it is not as a
medical man that Doctor Holmes may be discussed in this paper.
We have to deal altogether with his literary career,—a career, which
for its brilliancy has not been surpassed on this side of the Atlantic.
As a poet he differs much from his contemporaries, but the standard
he has reached is as high as that which has been attained by Lowell
and Longfellow. In lofty verse he is strong and unconventional,
writing always with a firm grasp on his subject, and emphasizing
his perfect knowledge of melody and metre.

Détails

Auteur: Collectif

Editeur: Culturea

Format: Broché

Presentation: Broché

Date de parution: 03 2Février4

Nombre de pages: 140

Dimensions: 17 x 22 x 0,8

Prix publique: 19,00 €

Information complémentaires

Série: American Poetry

Classification: Littérature générale > Poésie

Code Classification: 3435 > 3633

EAN-13: 9791041987528