Alamance - The Great And Final Experiment

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book Alamance - The Great And Final Experiment by Calvin Henderson Wiley, Jazzybee Verlag
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Calvin Henderson Wiley ISBN: 9783849643768
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag Publication: April 7, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Calvin Henderson Wiley
ISBN: 9783849643768
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Publication: April 7, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

There is something peculiarly pleasing in the pictures which Mr. Wiley presents to the imagination. He does not deal in the darker and sterner materials of humanity to which some writers of fiction are so partial, and which they find so useful in making up scenes of agony and horror. Neither does he delight, as some, to pour out bitterness and gall, satire and invective, against social order and the human race. His landscape has always more of the sunshine than of the shade, and his men and women the clear serene aspect of truth and goodness. He relies for effect on the influence of the gentler rather than of the more violent emotions, and appeal* much more to the affections than to the passions. The reader of " Alamance " on closing the volume, Will not feel perhaps the fierce and painful agitation consequent upon the perusal of a fiction of the modern French school, but he will find his mind stored with scenes and ideas on which the memory will dwell with oft recurring pleasure, he will find himself a wiser, a belter, and a happier man. As a writer of historical fiction, Mr. Wiley deserves special commendation. He has opened an entirely new vein of American history. His " Alamance" and his "Utopia" have given an unpre-cedented impulse to historical inquiry in the state of North Carolina, to which they both refer.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

There is something peculiarly pleasing in the pictures which Mr. Wiley presents to the imagination. He does not deal in the darker and sterner materials of humanity to which some writers of fiction are so partial, and which they find so useful in making up scenes of agony and horror. Neither does he delight, as some, to pour out bitterness and gall, satire and invective, against social order and the human race. His landscape has always more of the sunshine than of the shade, and his men and women the clear serene aspect of truth and goodness. He relies for effect on the influence of the gentler rather than of the more violent emotions, and appeal* much more to the affections than to the passions. The reader of " Alamance " on closing the volume, Will not feel perhaps the fierce and painful agitation consequent upon the perusal of a fiction of the modern French school, but he will find his mind stored with scenes and ideas on which the memory will dwell with oft recurring pleasure, he will find himself a wiser, a belter, and a happier man. As a writer of historical fiction, Mr. Wiley deserves special commendation. He has opened an entirely new vein of American history. His " Alamance" and his "Utopia" have given an unpre-cedented impulse to historical inquiry in the state of North Carolina, to which they both refer.

More books from Jazzybee Verlag

Cover of the book The German Terror In Belgium by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Verwehte Spuren by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Märchen aus Russland by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book The Sibylline Oracles by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Oliver Cromwell by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Agathodämon by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistles To Timothy, Titus And Philemon by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Die Zauberflöte by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Nixnutzig Volk by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Gar lustig war's - Komödien und mehr by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Prinz Friedrich von Homburg by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book William Ratcliff by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Katharina II von Russland by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book Quisanté by Calvin Henderson Wiley
Cover of the book The Rhine by Calvin Henderson Wiley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy