WilliamCullenBryant1794-1878TheAmericanWordsworthBriefIntroductionofWilliamCullenBryantWilliamCullenBryantwasanAmericanromanticpoet,journalist,andlong-timeeditoroftheNewYorkEveningPostBryantwasbornonNovember3,,heimitatedthewritingstyleofAlexanderPopeandotherNeo- supported such causes as free speech, free trade, and the abolition of slavery. Bryant’sabhorrenceofslaverymadehimaferventRepublicanandadevoutsupporterofLincoln,,NewYorkCity',Queensinhishonor,theWilliamCullenBryantHighSchool,,hisboyhoodhome,’:Thebeautyandharmonyofnatureasasourceofsolace,joy,,hispubliclifebecamepopularasalecturerandpoetaswellasalawyerIn1825,BryantwenttoNewYork,theliterarycapitaloftheperiod,andservedasassistanteditoroftheNewYorkEveningPost,apositionprovidingmoreopportunitiesforhimtodisplayhisdynamicforceinAmericanculturalandpoliticallifeTheyear1829 sawthatBryantbecameeditorinchiefofthepaper,oneofthefirstgreatnationalnewspaperinAmerica,ausescontributionBryantwasthefirstAmericannationalpoetHeprovidedwhatthenationneededatatimeofnationalself-consciousnessHemadeAmericansubjectsworthyofcelebrationMajorWorksThefinestofBryant’,firstcollect
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