Publisher's Synopsis
""Literature Art and Song: Moore's Melodies and American Poems"" is a book by Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie that provides a comprehensive biography and critical review of lyric poets. The book focuses on the works of Thomas Moore, an Irish poet and songwriter, and American poets such as Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The author explores the relationship between literature, art, and music, and how these forms of expression influence and shape each other. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of poetry and its impact on culture and society.1872. And a collection of choice melodies arranged as solos, duets, trios and quartets, with piano accompaniment by Sir John Stevenson and others. Illustrated by Daniel Maclise, of the Royal Academy, London and William Riches, an American artist. The work is designed to illustrate the conceptions of the most melodious of modern poets, by the aid of the pen, the pencil, and the graver. The subject would justly be considered incomplete without some record of the man, Thomas Moore.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
