Bliss Perry
Bliss Perry (25 November 1860 – 13 February 1954), was an American literary critic, writer, editor, and teacher.
Biography
Perry was born in
Perry taught at Williams from 1886 until 1893. He then taught at
Perry was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French. He edited the works of Edmund Burke, Sir Walter Scott, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. From 1905 until 1909 he was general editor of the Cambridge edition of the major American poets. He wrote extensively,[2] including monographs on Walt Whitman,[6] John Greenleaf Whittier,[7][8] Thomas Carlyle[9] and Emerson.[10] He was also a prolific writer of novels, short fiction, essays, studies in poetry, and an autobiography.[2]
Perry is famed in certain Vermont lore for "establishing" the "summer colony" of Greensboro, Vermont. He enjoyed its tranquil setting and its distance from the cares of the busy world of the Atlantic Monthly and his professorships. Fly fishing was one of his key hobbies, which led to the publication of "Fishing With a Worm."[11][12]
Perry was the brother of Dr. Lewis Perry, headmaster of Phillips Exeter Academy from 1914 to 1946.
In 1954 Perry died in Exeter, New Hampshire.
References
- ^ * Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J R LeMaster and Donald D Kummings, 512.
- ^ a b c d "Bliss Perry". ebooks-library.com.
- ^ "Perry, Bliss (1860-1954)". Special Collections, Williams.
- ^ Perry, Bliss (1902). A Study of Prose Fiction. Houghton, Mifflin.
- ^ "Review of A Study of Prose Fiction by Bliss Perry". The Athenaeum (3941): 588–589. May 9, 1903.
- ^ "Review of Walt Whitman, his life and work by Bliss Perry". The Cambridge Review. 28: 249. December 6, 1906.
- ^ Perry, Bliss (1908). John Greenleaf Whittier: A sketch of his life and work, with selected poems. Houghton, Mifflin.
- ^ "Review of John Greenleaf Whitter: A sketch of his life and work by Bliss Perry". The Cambridge Review. 29: 384. May 21, 1908.
- ^ "Review of Carlyle, how to know him by Bliss Perry". Princeton Alumni Weekly. XVI: 249–250. December 8, 1915.
- ^ Hinds, A. E. (November 27, 1931). "Review of Emerson today by Bliss Perry". Princeton Alumni Weekly. XXXII (10): 209.
- ^ LeMaster and Kummings.
- ^ Perry, Bliss (1916). Fishing with a Worm. Houghton Mifflin.
External links
- Works by Bliss Perry at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Bliss Perry at Internet Archive
- Works by Bliss Perry at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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