tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post4857408399671168944..comments2024-01-29T10:50:15.619-08:00Comments on Modern Americans: Frederick Goddard Tuckermanrodney khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-74537861965163632982008-04-15T07:59:00.000-07:002008-04-15T07:59:00.000-07:00Hi Sam,I know, my "Jeopardy!"-level knowledge of 1...Hi Sam,<BR/><BR/>I know, my "Jeopardy!"-level knowledge of 19th-century American poetry would have me grabbing for one of the names you suggest, or "Longfellow" or something. Still hunting for a good affordable edition of Clarel. I guess Tuckerman has his advocates though, and they're on the march. Or it's fun to think so, anyway. Good name for an Americana band, too: "Frederick Goddard Tuckerman." <BR/><BR/>Joseph Smith? The Stormin' Mormon? I'll have to check that out.rodney khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20990868.post-10474147969558710562008-04-14T23:01:00.000-07:002008-04-14T23:01:00.000-07:00That's pretty good. "The bread of tears," yum. But...That's pretty good. "The bread of tears," yum. But #3? Poe? Melville? Or ooh, how about Joseph Smith? Or William Cullen Bryant of "Thanatopsis" fame?<BR/>But maybe I should suspend judgement until I've read "The Cricket."Sam Lohmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397027152999149624noreply@blogger.com