tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post3453378531138728168..comments2024-03-03T17:50:27.025-05:00Comments on Gay Influence: Poet Fitz-Greene HalleckTerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219632588063153768noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-32059389332795417222022-07-20T01:13:49.614-04:002022-07-20T01:13:49.614-04:00I'd never heard of Halleck! Thanks1 And, if th...I'd never heard of Halleck! Thanks1 And, if that picture really looks like Drake, I don't blame Halleck a bit for falling for him!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-69624377716894764382018-10-28T10:02:34.029-04:002018-10-28T10:02:34.029-04:00And what is to say about Joseph Green Cogswell (Se...And what is to say about Joseph Green Cogswell (September 27, 1786 – November 26, 1871)?<br />Eckhard/Heidelberg<br />from Germany (near Astor's Walldorf ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-83207174293206303152017-07-21T04:44:01.009-04:002017-07-21T04:44:01.009-04:00Thank you- I've enjoyed FANNY myself, though g...Thank you- I've enjoyed FANNY myself, though getting annoyed at Greene's tendency to write a lovely stanza, only to end it with a joke. "that fond forgetfulness of grief" has a nice flow. He also indulges in the 19th C habit of rapturous nature-painting. <br />Rodman Drake's "The Culprit Fay" is worth a read, as it has some lovely images...though Poe dammed it with the faintest of praise. Eric Stotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230291249030014518noreply@blogger.com