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The name "fireside poets" is derived from that popularity; their writing was a source of entertainment for families gathered around the fire at home. The name was further inspired by Longfellow's 1850 poetry collection The Seaside and the Fireside. [3] Lowell published a book titled Fireside Travels in 1864 which helped solidify the title. [4]
James Russell Lowell (/ ˈ l oʊ əl /; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat.He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets.
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (/ h oʊ m z /; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day.
The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1845) The Seaside and the Fireside (1850) The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (London, 1852), with illustrations by John Gilbert; The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems (1858) Tales of a Wayside Inn (including the "second flight" of Birds of Passage) (1863) Household Poems (1865 ...
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.Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life.
However, the first internationally acclaimed poet was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) who nearly surpassed Alfred, Lord Tennyson in international popularity, and, alongside William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., [15] formed the Fireside Poets (known as the Schoolroom or ...
As a Methodist author, [6] Wheeler wrote more poetry than prose. She was the author of a volume entitled Poems for the Fireside (Cincinnati, 1888). Some of those were republished and extensively used by elocutionists, especially her "Charge of the Rum Brigade." Philip Bliss, Professors Sweeney, Kirkpatrick and others set many of her poems to ...