Project Gutenberg 2007-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 382 Lowell, James Russell 1819 1891 Wilbur, Homer Meliboeus-Hipponax Hughes, Thomas 1822 1896 The Biglow Papers Produced by Susan Skinner, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Biglow Papers" by James Russell Lowell is a satirical collection of poems written in the mid-19th century. The work is presented as a series of letters from the character Hosea Biglow, a farmer, to various figures in the political landscape, capturing the voice of the common American during the period of the Mexican War and the contentious issue of slavery. The dialect used reflects rural New England speech, infusing humor and social criticism throughout the poems. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Ezekiel Biglow, who sends a letter to the editor Joseph T. Buckingham, discussing his son Hosea’s poetic endeavors. Ezekiel is proud yet comically anxious about his son's foray into poetry, which he describes with a mix of admiration and trepidation. The opening establishes the tone of everyday life in a small village while hinting at deeper political themes, as Hosea's poetry directly addresses issues like war, slavery, and moral responsibility. Through dialect and vivid imagery, the text gives a voice to American sentiments, foreshadowing the critique and wit that characterizes the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slavery -- United States -- Poetry Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Poetry PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 428846 428855 2024-09-10T04:42:44.443565 2023-09-10T08:15:52.019692 text/html text/html 421641 2007-09-20T09:18:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 145653 2007-09-20T09:19:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 208285 2024-09-10T04:42:56.280511 application/epub+zip 211554 2024-09-10T04:42:47.344525 application/epub+zip 211555 2024-09-10T04:42:45.779577 application/epub+zip 435797 2024-09-10T04:43:01.587494 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418530 2024-09-10T04:42:54.663499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417850 2022-09-10T14:39:30.006109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314170 2024-09-10T04:42:42.539620 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 313916 2007-09-20T09:18:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 131429 2007-09-20T09:19:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 313914 2007-09-20T09:19:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131100 2007-09-20T09:19:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313985 2007-09-20T09:19:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130996 2007-09-20T09:19:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22496 2024-09-10T04:43:01.760457 application/rdf+xml 14079 2024-09-10T04:42:46.204545 image/jpeg 3502 2024-09-10T04:42:45.993550 image/jpeg 199245 2024-09-10T04:42:44.474582 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia