| A Summer in Skye Contributor(s): Smith, Alexander Captain (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438534418 ISBN-13: 9781438534411 Publisher: Book Jungle OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.59 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alexander Smith (1830-1867) was a Scottish poet, and labeled as one of the Spasmodic School. His first job was in a linen factory as a pattern designer. His early poems appeared in the Glasgow Citizen. When his poetry had fallen out of favor, Smith turned his attention to prose, and published Dreamthorp: Essays written in the Country (1863) and A Summer in Skye (1865). After marrying a woman from Skye, Skye became to him the dearest spot on earth. It braced his powers of thought and action. The Introduction says "The book may fitly be described as a prose poem-an idealisation of those aspects of Skye life, scenery, and history which appeal to the poetical and historical imagination. Smith is anything but systematic in the treatment of his theme." |
