Poems and Poem Outlines, Works Volume I (The Centennial Edition of the Works of Sidney Lanier)

Blue publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, xc, 396 clean pp. The Works were first published in 1945. This volume has the general introduction to the series - 90 pages of preliminary material.Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842-1881), b. Macon, GA; d. Lynn, NC. Lanier was an "American musician and poet whose verse often suggests the rhythms and thematic development of music. Lanier was reared by devoutly religious parents in the traditions of the Old South." - Encyclopedia Britannica. He served in the Confederate Signal Corps, was captured and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland wherein he contracted tuberculosis, the disease which shortened his life. His poetry is noted for its use of dialect, reflecting the "cracker" and "negro" dialects of his day. He was a member of the faculty of Johns Hopkins University appointed in 1879, specializing in the works of the English novelists and poets.