The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-12
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The NoFEh to Claim E8gar Allen


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! Bounded By no Tins or lncs
and 2s.ls / i World
baltimore sun. .i;li. II. I. .is
a literary critic has said that !
''Anong Southern Poets there in q
dead level OF flediocrity, from which
but one name tthat OF Posl may
rise. 3. ~. A
It is not fer even the most enthus-
to claim foi:. them preenfn snce "a /
Reng. This would ba as Idle as toll
claim Tor al the p0stA Astegs Of New
EnglaEd the fullneas o2 the gift OK
low Cor all the rhynest tess OF
ENGLAND this genius OF Tennysen. We
may. however ether We are or
north eHst, west OF south yield fa-1
our native poets. love and admiration.
This given, d critical examination OF
kIa ss..ai fssal aasraifnsinss 1s
not to taisparnge but to grade In oits fe-i
kaFis the objects os our. affection. BY
3fie comparison Of bur isSeeH wit d those
own fil the large scale of sttfi fvetgaI
OF other people NE tilIiy estimate oar.
Salnesy The CORRECTNESS cot this yal-l
tiatIoh 10 not to be ascer ained except
tkfbegh the tneeting 81 maj ID snds.
II IS interesting TO examine the es-s
Innate put upon come of the Southern
Ilppefs Hy crit Sho are not ia etatiEe
|sy1npafliy BECAUSE of the birth or 3slz
Iciinations with the south. The detAfli
I0f ~ At exsslj jnat ioR EYoili d beahere'
tedious. The general result can hoyf9
eyief5 be briefly here stated IN q
pFeFsotfs article NE have apoisen uf ai
I1lpat Of singers whose voices nave,
IEting clear and true pllt we, viii now.
speak OF f,ien, WHOSE v1l.ae7 IA ss ~
more wide spread recognition then
their fellows anacng them
With IsanIer. re shall speak iisl i fsis
sture nj ftele) OF Poe. HgrFett vaiI@
aFss Histors az saya.
TO turn only TO the biliug NY sEs
the lasl vol tfnae OF Ssedilnn Wood
terfy's adtlirable edition og Pos, tl
] lnppaass that btjReen 1886 and sgBs
there sgera at least ten trans tions.
Of his works In the soreign lst gslageE
among cthefs istl, Italians Dan
fish and South American ssspSLlsb.
!CeftAibly among the fitefA 81 esaSHss
&c e s asz
lated more attention than Poe whose
Influence still seems exfendlng This
gg6Fn 5iie distingu guished professor Oh
English a Harvard college hut voices
the sentiment eG most critics and &c.
least lifts one poet als1F 3 the 6eiEd ie.
lgel Of ediocrifg. si, lia
IN the later years With lie for set@
/ fgInsss sss pernpna lity Ia the rising
Tor Poe; there hes srfBeTs the cla III that
Poe was not cf tho south ara sssi 8;
ifhIB opinion finds exfiresBl6n 81 the.
4 atsnienG that Poe uitsi ny ba
icensidered or New y q gid assefe.
tien viii not how egers 4 I've fsiH aii.
lBenl az in Snyi S6dtieri1 III y F6e.s Rzk
l5lsuss hoWeveFj ~ as moi Gssliinited. !. Il.
~ fri nth eeenae9 bofiifs ed by II tlfI6
or plAce; it ruled 4 world Of itB olftis
was King ii elle room of inla ginn-
Game OF Sydney Lsanief IS gath
lefisSg s1ort itLs tIla rolling ears, nfld
the circle 81 Eis fnsitsnee as the ex-
ips asipii 81 mis- s5pt genius IS stud
iefl ana to-day ii,st ctse or 3l3a most
/ "a Teal as well aa one 81 the most
/ sudieiSl of nosthef1 elfIes ii Is said
ithak atiis lnest gifted os Snffkhoen
/ npets was SYDNEY Iflsiser: This es
ltiraake does not siets tsirQis Poe. Tor tils
same critic d1es not class Poe as Il
ieoushern poet sliise works OF E.aiIer
8are today more freunehtiy III deneand
faed more widei ssfd kllsti II / any pre-
giOJl6 f4te . iiSI r beae lies are Sbo-
icrlnfns more aD ted aEsd s0sfgii
tappf ts0l1 has not YET led It's
/ ths - 8 lse aay III 81 Ia f.aslieF an :
boBthesIs poet las risen asSoys,
the oeed iatsI OF slledioct1t5 but hl!s
% orr Fiza
4gD al q ifusa llisS
l8 eisF ttenflon These Are
ikfshFf inlrf assa aaE flSsfnilgDn
lffeyfe s5f9fF 1aaFgya born iii Char
les kaa s. 1879 sle lJliftet
slff g EeDfs destined FOR ihs
par xalsrAt aims 81 him sl, & lto
IEfife Ais Tie "a 9he rFic6 His
pcefa Il fsme PCS / power that
npeStiftll thorght. style,
esys EiAts3 Aust ifaV
| "a s. lh6ofafe ol 3a aIssl
TIA 81 ness ~ foS nzt
lhe6Se 5 S1s fsein u l1 = 10 afi,s
sa naa ikiQse sfEsa lsesiispa sls
81 tIls ebsnloH of W Trsnt slse
papet ilfiahe5 ana mefa aekrls eel,s