Download or read book The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, 1817, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by H. Biglow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, 1817, Vol. 1 It was in vain that, after reading the poem of Christabel, we resorted to the preface to consult the poet himself about his meaning. He tells us only that which, however important, doubt less, in itself, throws very little light up on the mysteries of the poem, viz. That great part of the poem was written in the year 1797, at Stowey, in the county of Somerset: the second part, after his return from Germany, in the year 1800, at Keswich, in Cumberland. Since the latter date my poetic powers, says the author, have been till very lately in a state of suspended animation. Now we cannot but suspect that there is a little anachronism in this statement, and that in truth it was during this sus pense of the author's poetical powers, that this wild and singularly original and beautiful poem of Christabel was conceived and partly executed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.