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The Whittier Bicentennial Recording Project - Volume I
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"Snow-Bound", Read by Michael Maglaras |
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Poet, abolitionist, activist, humanist...this is the first in a series of recordings for the Whittier Bicentennial Recording Project. We celebrate the life and work of this great American poet...
1807-2007
"I think 'Snowbound' is the finest poem written in the 19th century in the English language. It is a masterpiece of unequaled quality. None of the poetry of (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow or (Ralph Waldo) Emerson comes close," said Maglaras, who has released a CD of the poem. "I think Whittier is both underrated and overlooked and it's time we take a long look at this poet and his impact."
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John Greenleaf Whittier
(1807-1892)
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"In the mid to late 19th century, Haverhill, Massachusetts-born Whittier was one of the most famous men in America; schools closed to honor his birthday. Statesman, ardent abolitionist, poet of the first rank, and one of the founders of the Republican party, his poems were read and memorized throughout America and much of the English-speaking world," said Maglaras.
"Whittier lived to be 85. In his early years, he lived an eventful life; in middle age he established his reputation by selling 20,000 copies of the poem "Snow-Bound" within the first few months. In his old age, he was revered as America’s 'fireside poet,' while continuing to produce work of incomparable quality that speaks to our age as distinctly as it spoke to his own."
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