Project Gutenberg 2012-03-10 Public domain in the USA. 78 Kilmer, Joyce 1886 1918 Kilmer, Alfred Joyce Holliday, Robert Cortes 1880 1947 The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces The circus, and other essays: The circus. The abolition of poets. Noon-hour adventuring. Signs and symbols. The great nickel adventure. The urban chanticleer. Daily traveling. Incongruous New York. In memorium, John Bunny. The day after Christmas -- Fugitive pieces: The ashman. The bear that walks like a man. Absinthe at the Cheshire Cheese. Japanese lacquer. Sappho rediviva. The poetry of Gerard Hopkins. Philosophical tendencies in English literature. Two lectures on English poetry: The ballad, The sonnet. Gilbert K. Chesterton and his poetry. Lionel Johnson, Ernest Dowson, Aubrey Beardsley. Swinburne and Francis Thompson. A note on Thomas Hardy. Madison Julius Cawein. Francis Thompson. John Masefield. William Vaughn Moody. Produced by Bryan Ness, David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces" by Joyce Kilmer is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. This work captures Kilmer's keen observations and reflections on everyday life, art, and the human experience, presenting a blend of humor and insight. Each essay explores various themes, including the circus as a metaphor for life, the significance of faith, and the role of poets in society. The opening of this collection initiates the reader into Kilmer’s unique perspective through a lively examination of the circus. He contrasts its moral and religious values with perceptions from the public, emphasizing how the circus embodies faith and wonder in a mundane world. Kilmer skillfully employs humor and rich imagery to discuss the various characters and spectacles found within the circus, making it a compelling metaphor for everyday adventures and democratizing experiences. This slice of Kilmer’s work sets the tone for the essays to follow, infusing them with a sense of joy in the ordinary amidst wider societal commentaries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Literature -- History and criticism American essays PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature 416121 416130 2024-09-16T12:07:29.315303 2023-09-17T06:53:44.807465 text/html text/html 418996 2012-03-11T12:04:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 153328 2012-03-11T12:07:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 221374 2024-09-16T12:07:38.401249 application/epub+zip 224035 2024-09-16T12:07:31.688252 application/epub+zip 224035 2024-09-16T12:07:30.323256 application/epub+zip 450546 2024-09-16T12:07:42.635208 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410184 2024-09-16T12:07:37.103217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397736 2022-09-18T03:31:25.222187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363641 363419 2024-09-16T12:07:28.366282 2023-09-17T06:53:43.941546 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 363551 2012-03-11T12:04:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 144341 2012-03-11T12:07:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 363563 2012-03-11T12:06:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144275 2012-03-11T12:07:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21784 2024-09-16T12:07:42.782189 application/rdf+xml 16679 2024-09-16T12:07:30.700256 image/jpeg 3688 2024-09-16T12:07:30.510247 image/jpeg 212189 2024-09-16T12:07:29.350259 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