A Summer in Skye
Alexander Smith (1830-1867) was a Scottish poet, and labeled as one of the Spasmodic School. His first job was in a linen factory as a pattern designer. His early poems appeared in the Glasgow Citizen. When his poetry had fallen out of favor, Smith turned his attention to prose, and published Dreamthorp: Essays written in the Country (1863) and A Summer in Skye (1865). After marrying a woman from Skye, Skye became to him the dearest spot on earth. It braced his powers of thought and action. The Introduction says The book may fitly be described as a prose poem-an idealisation of those aspects of Skye life, scenery, and history which appe…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4385-3441-1
- EAN: 9781438534411
- Produktnummer: 6870626
- Verlag: Book Jungle
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 150 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B19.1 cm x D1.5 cm 224 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 224
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