tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post3118097779712189594..comments2023-10-12T07:13:01.637-04:00Comments on The American Literary Blog: Guest post: Birth of HigginsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-69120043172885794382014-12-23T10:07:55.764-05:002014-12-23T10:07:55.764-05:00Peter, I hope you read this article before you mad...Peter, I hope you read this article before you made the comment (even though you already read and commented on it when it was first published in 2012). Dr. Railton was not calling Higginson a villain, but defending him from those who did. The other information you wrote was equally represented in the article.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-573825679937541762014-12-22T16:51:21.130-05:002014-12-22T16:51:21.130-05:00Thomas Wentworth Higginson commanded the first reg...Thomas Wentworth Higginson commanded the first regiment of freed slaves 1st South Carolina Volunteers later 33 USCT and wrote Army Life In A Black Regiment, one of the best Civil War memoirs. He also preserved black spirituals that would otherwise have been lost. Anybody who calls him a villain is an _____________________ . Fill in the blank with something that would cause this to be deleted LOLPeter Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01473701483727808782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-8377368568510196382012-12-23T21:15:46.094-05:002012-12-23T21:15:46.094-05:00Thanks for the comment, Bill! Lots more reasons to...Thanks for the comment, Bill! Lots more reasons to add Higginson to our collective memory/tradition than I was able to highlight, and I appreciate your sharing more of 'em.Ben Railtonhttp://americanstudier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-53381465285783146832012-12-23T18:30:57.505-05:002012-12-23T18:30:57.505-05:00Emily Dickinson's letters to Higginson are als...Emily Dickinson's letters to Higginson are also reprinted in a collection called "Carlyle's Laugh".Bill Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660182325514765885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-49136801960358819492012-12-23T16:54:55.527-05:002012-12-23T16:54:55.527-05:00Higginson is a fascinating guy and a particular in...Higginson is a fascinating guy and a particular interest of mine. I have collected many of his books in their original published form as well as most of the published biographies of him. In a long life of writing, T.W. Higginson wrote essays, histories, biographies, poems, social commentaries, nature studies and science fiction. He was one of the Secret Six that contributed to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and the only one that never denied it.Bill Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660182325514765885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-85494123651546203102012-12-23T12:20:10.534-05:002012-12-23T12:20:10.534-05:00This is such a marvelous post. One of the more pow...This is such a marvelous post. One of the more powerful images. It stirs my heart. Bery C.Phttp://rcohernour.wix.com/berycpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-29233269609253413052012-12-22T10:55:30.408-05:002012-12-22T10:55:30.408-05:00Thanks for the addition, Peter! Definitely a work ...Thanks for the addition, Peter! Definitely a work that combines Higginson's support for women's rights (and writing) with his help in redefining our literary tradition.Ben Railtonhttp://americanstudier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-53769576880346286762012-12-22T10:49:28.085-05:002012-12-22T10:49:28.085-05:00I don't think this article was meant to be a c...I don't think this article was meant to be a complete bibliography, Peter. An earlier post about TWH's work on Fuller, however, is <a href="http://americanliteraryblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/higginson-and-fuller-born-for-literary.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-10829153147659827662012-12-22T09:32:00.945-05:002012-12-22T09:32:00.945-05:00Don't forget the Margaret Fuller biography.Don't forget the Margaret Fuller biography.Peter Reilly CPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199307021804040667noreply@blogger.com