tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post331281279569355643..comments2023-10-12T07:13:01.637-04:00Comments on The American Literary Blog: The good old year is with the pastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-43907531232020925212011-01-07T21:56:56.495-05:002011-01-07T21:56:56.495-05:00...and didn't Edgar (Eddie) often drop the &qu......and didn't Edgar (Eddie) often drop the "Allan" part of his name himself, given the difficult relationship with his foster father, of which we know so much? So "Edgar A. Poe" seems a decent solution. <br />[This is meant as a rhetorical question; no need to respond.]<br /><br />Thanks again for going the "extra mile" with my question re the WCB photo. It's still a great image, and worthy of your banner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-74508765804229647722011-01-07T20:27:12.265-05:002011-01-07T20:27:12.265-05:00I'm glad you noticed the single "t"!...I'm glad you noticed the single "t"!<br /><br />Oh, don't get me started on Poe! That's why I generally drop his "middle name" or just abbreviate to "A." I'm hoping other people will pick up on it as well - problem solved?Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-84444695017888948972011-01-07T18:03:27.542-05:002011-01-07T18:03:27.542-05:00Hey Rob,
Many thanks for taking the time to check ...Hey Rob,<br />Many thanks for taking the time to check into the WCB image. A list of "celebrity portraits" on view at Brady's Daguerrean Gallery as-of Dec. 12, 1850, includes Bryant's name, although it certainly couldn't have been "your" portrait, as WCB would have been only 56 at the time. Of course Brady photographed several authors more than once (Poe included) in his quest to, as he told the "New York World" late in his life, "preserve the faces of [the country's] historic men and mothers." (Interesting comment.)<br /><br />Also, as an editor and ex-NPG employee, I so appreciate your spelling his given name correctly: one "t." That and Edgar "Allen" Poe are mistakes one sees all too often. Thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-8994739745460934672011-01-06T16:48:00.333-05:002011-01-06T16:48:00.333-05:00Sorry to take so long in responding. I haven't...Sorry to take so long in responding. I haven't found much more info about the image. I grabbed it from the NYPL digital archives, which offers no additional detail. It looks somewhat like the Mathew Brady studio, but it's likely later than his most well-known period(circa 1870s?). Anyone out there who can help out, feel free to jump in.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-32126102832139965932011-01-02T18:47:35.041-05:002011-01-02T18:47:35.041-05:00Rob,
Hey, thanks for the "banner image"...Rob,<br /><br />Hey, thanks for the "banner image" addendum: a lovely touch. As a former curatorial assistant in the then-fledgling Department of Photographs at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, I can't resist the question: any info on the photographer? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-12026164731347819512011-01-01T11:42:22.502-05:002011-01-01T11:42:22.502-05:00Thank you for your kind comment, Anonymous! I'...Thank you for your kind comment, Anonymous! I've said it many times, the most surprising part about this blog is that people <i>actually read it</i>, but it's even better to know that people enjoy it!<br /><br />This image of Bryant, by the way, is the source of the banner image on the blog.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-27284208545193069492010-12-31T21:43:10.302-05:002010-12-31T21:43:10.302-05:00Hello Rob,
I am so moved by your beautiful closur...Hello Rob,<br /><br />I am so moved by your beautiful closure on the year by Wm C. Bryant (many thanks).<br /><br />Along with the powerful poetic entry, the photograph of Bryant is uncanny, as it parallels a card from the DruidCraft Tarot for the 7 of Swords. Wish I could reproduce it here for you to see. <br /><br />Regardless, I wish to thank you for a year-long (and this, after your bicentennial Poe calendar) adventure, exploration, love-song, and more, into nineteenth-century American literature, the known and less-so. Your posts have infused and inspired my appreciation of the writers, celebrated and not. <br /><br />So kudos and best wishes re your efforts for the future of old American literature. I (and no-doubt many others) "salute you."<br /><br />Happy New YearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com