The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. Introductory material4. ON POETRY AND BELLES-LETTRES5. HUMOR, WIT, FUN, AND SATIRE6. THE FIVE INDISPENSABLE AUTHORS7. THE IMAGINATION[1]8. CRITICAL FRAGMENTS9. HENRY JAMES10. LONGFELLOW11. TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN12. WHITTIER13. HOME BALLADS AND POEMS14. SNOW-BOUND: A WINTER IDYL15. POETRY AND NATIONALITY[1]16. W.D. HOWELLS17. EDGAR A. POE[1]18. THACKERAY19. SWIFT[1]20. PLUTARCH'S MORALS[1]21. A PLEA FOR FREEDOM FROM SPEECH AND FIGURES OF SPEECH-MAKERS