Edna Dean Proctor:poetess of the Contoocook: Historical New Hampshire/ by Charles C. Cost.

Title:

Edna Dean Proctor:poetess of the Contoocook: Historical New Hampshire/ by Charles C. Cost.

Author:

Cost, Charles C.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, N.H. : New Hampshire Historical Society, 1966.

Physical Description:

p.2-30.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1966 Vol. 21, issue 2 (Summer 1966) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

Biographical and literary notes on Edna Proctor, a NH born poet, who later wrote from the comfortable vantage point of Brooklyn Heights. Her book 'Russian Journey' was popular and sold through four editions. She wrote much patriotic verse and was praised by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier. As a member of Henry Ward Beecher's Plymouth Congregational Church, she spread his fame by publishing her notes of his sermons (1858) and was later touched by the Beecher-Tilton scandal (1875). Five examples from Miss Proctor's 'Complete Poetical Works' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925) are reprinted, in addition to an undated portrait.

Subjects:

Poets , Poetry New Hampshire.

People:

Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923. , Tilton, Theodore, 1837-1907. , Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. , Tilton, Elizabeth M. Richards, 1834.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this item, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Users are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Electronic Resources:

Full Text