Literary New England: A History and Guide

by William Corbett

This guide takes the reader state by state, city by city, through New England's rich literary tradition. Included is a wealth of historical, anecdotal and literary detail, including Thoreau, Emerson, Dickinson, Wharton and Malcolm X.

206 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1993

About the author

William Corbett was an American poet, essayist, editor, educator, and publisher.

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Reviews

[Mind the Book · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oktober 2014 och jag klev in på Provincetown Public Library, Cape Cod. Där stod den här boken. WITHDRAWN, d.v.s. UTGALLRAD. Omslagsbilden såg precis ut som omgivningarna. Hur kan en bok om det litterära New England gallras ut?

Nåväl, jag tog med boken hem och lusläste den utförliga Massachusetts-delen, särskilt om Concord för Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott et al. Nu tog jag fram den igen och läste om Maine. Olika ortsnamn utgör rubrikerna och författarnamnen är fetstilade för bra överblick.

[Tinker · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is wonderful book, even if you don't plan to use it as intended (a guidebook for literary pilgrims, complete with street directions, visiting hours, and other salient details). the armchair traveler gets to spend quality time with a mindbogglingly erudite and entertaining raconteur, who packs his entries with juicy and sometimes moving anecdotes and tidbits representing a lifetime of persistent research, casual curiosity and huge affection for all kinds of writers (extending to the authors of jingles and songs). what a storyteller! that the book is organized geographically, by state and town, randomizes the history in a lively way, utterly escaping dreary chronological cliches. perfect book for a "new york" poet to write, gossipy, humorous and loving; a classic work of that school.