Simms's Poems: Areytos or Songs and Ballads of the South with Other Poems (Projects of the Simms Initiatives) - Softcover

Simms, William Gilmore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611172624 ISBN 13: 9781611172621

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2013

Synopsis

Areytos is also titled Songs of the South because all the poems dealt with subject matter related to the southern United States. Many had been published previously in various periodicals. For the Areytos collection, Simms chose instead to focus on subject matter rather than form. The most distinguished poems in this collection include, "The Texian Hunter," "Maid of Congareee," "Indian Serenade," "The South – The Sunny South," "Well, Sang a Blue-Eyed Damsel," Dark-Eyed Maid of Edisto," "Farewell to Ashley," "Congaree Boat Horn by Moonlight," and, "To the Mountains," all of which display Simms's familiarity with settings in the Carolinas and across the South.

Edgar Allan Poe reviewed Areytos in the Democratic Review in July 1846, and he noted that the volume was "a collection of tender" and, "passionate songs," and applauded Simms as, "beyond doubt, one of our most original writers."

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The author's most important volume of poetry, a collected edition of his past masterpieces

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The author's most important volume of poetry, a collected edition of his past masterpieces

Edition details

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611172624
• ISBN 13: 9781611172621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416