Love: Thirty Six Poems from Godey's Lady's Book - Softcover

Halliday, Deborah L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150089723X ISBN 13: 9781500897239

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Love. No matter how many poems about love there are in the world, poets seem to find new ways to express the experience of it. This volume collects thirty six nineteenth century love poems from the widely popular Godey’s Lady’s Book. They are expressions of love from many perspectives: new love, love from a distance, married love, unrequited love, love that has stood the test of time, and the nature of love itself. Poets represented in this volume include, among others, Barry Cornwall, Lucretia Maria Davidson, George Pope Morris, Mary Spenser Pease, William Gilmore Simms, F. H. Stauffer, H. T. Tuckerman, and N. P. Willis. Three poems in the collection are from Hale’s Ladies’ Magazine prior to its merger with Godey’s. One poem is from an 1881 issue of Godey’s after it had been transferred to new owners and editors. Many are reprinted here for the first time. Whether you are in love now or not, these poems have endured and are presented here for you to enjoy.

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah L Halliday, M.A., Ed.D., first became interested in Godey’s poetry in the 1980s while she was working on a masters degree in American Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. She began collecting bound volumes of the magazine and today has a collection that includes almost the entire run of Godey’s and of Hale’s earlier publication, the Ladies’ Magazine. This volume of Godey’s poetry is the result of her many hours spent page turning, reading, and prospecting for forgotten poems in the books’ old dusty pages. She thinks it was worth it.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 150089723X
• ISBN 13: 9781500897239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84