William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870)
Auteur de The Yemassee
A propos de l'auteur
William Gilmore Simms was born in Charleston, South Carolina, April, 17 1806. His academic education was received in the school of his native city, where he was for a time a clerk in a drug and chemical house. Though his first aspirations were for medicine, he studied law at eighteen, but never afficher plus practised. In 1827, he published in Charleston a volume of Lyrical and other Poems, his first attempt in literature. The following year, he became editor and partial owner of the Charleston City Gazette. In 1829 he published another volume of poems, The Vision of Cortes, and in 1830, The Tricolor. His paper proved a bad investment, and through its failure, in 1833, he was left penniless. Simms decided to devote himself to literature, and began a long series of volumes which did not end till within three years of his death.He published a poem entitled "Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea" (New York, 1832), the best and longest of all his poetic works. The Yemassee is considered his best novel, but Simms is mainly known as a writer of fiction, the scene of his novels is almost wholly southern. He was for many years a member of the legislature, and in 1846 was defeated for lieutenant-governor by only one vote. Simmd died in Charleston on June, 11 1870 (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de William Gilmore Simms
Woodcraft : [or, Hawks about the dovecote] : with introduction and explanatory notes (1961) 13 exemplaires
The partisan: With introduction and explanatory notes (The Revolutionary War novels of William Gilmore Simms ; 2) (1968) 12 exemplaires
An Early and Strong Sympathy: The Indian Writings of William Gilmore Simms (2003) — Auteur — 10 exemplaires
A supplement to the plays of William Shakespeare: comprising the seven dramas, which have been ascribed to his pen, but… (1855) 3 exemplaires
The Letters of William Gilmore Simms: Volume VI, 1834-1870 (Project of the SIMMs Initiatives) (2011-07-31) (1832) 3 exemplaires
The Simms Reader: Selections from the Writings of William Gilmore Simms (Southern Texts Society) (2001) 3 exemplaires
Backwoods tales : Paddy McGann, Sharp Snaffles, and Bill Bauldy : selected fiction of William Gilmore Simms (2010) 2 exemplaires
Atalantis: A Story of the Sea 2 exemplaires
The ceremonies of the Roman Rite described 2 exemplaires
Eutaw: A Sequel To The Forayers; Or The Raid Of The Dog-Days: A Tale Of The Revolution (1890) (2007) 2 exemplaires
“The Edge of the Swamp” 1 exemplaire
Wigwam und Blockhaus. Mississippi-Novellen 1 exemplaire
The Golden Christmas 1 exemplaire
"The Angel and the City" 1 exemplaire
The Writings of William Gilmore Simms: As Good as a Comedy & Paddy McGann (Volume 3) (1972) 1 exemplaire
Mellichampe a legend of the Santee 1 exemplaire
Views and reviews in American literature, history and fiction. First and second series (2013) 1 exemplaire
Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond (A Project of the Simms Initiatives) (2015) 1 exemplaire
Paddy McGann sau diavolul din bustean 1 exemplaire
The Writings of William Gilmore Simms: Stories and Tales (Centennial Edition of the Writings of William Gilmore Simms,… (1974) 1 exemplaire
The sense of the beautiful: an address delivered by W.Gilmore Simms before the Charleston County Agricultural and… (2012) 1 exemplaire
The Letters of William Gilmore Simms, Volumes I-V 1 exemplaire
The Scout or the Black Riders of Congaree 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 25 exemplaires
Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and Others (2008) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
The Three Readers: Clifton Fadiman, Sinclair Lewis, Carl Van Doren (1943) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
Library of Southern Literature, Vol. XI: Schele De Vere-Stuart (1909) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Representative American Short Stories — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1806-04-17
- Date de décès
- 1870-06-11
- Lieu de sépulture
- Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Professions
- poet
historian
novelist
representative (South Carolina)
editor
short-story writer (tout afficher 7)
biographer - Organisations
- South Carolina Legislature
St. Cecilia Society - Prix et distinctions
- Honorary LL.D, University of Alabama
Statue in Battery Park, Charleston, South Carolina
Membres
Critiques
Listes
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 71
- Aussi par
- 10
- Membres
- 378
- Popularité
- #63,851
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 159
- Langues
- 1
Simms was a slave-owning South Carolinian and staunch secessionist and as a result his work (which included a novel rebutting Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin) fell down "memory hole" after the Civil War.… (plus d'informations)