Virginia Commonwealth University: "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant

Use the text and the video "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant to identify and understand the characteristics of American Romanticism.

This site from the University of Michigan provides the online text to William Cullen Bryant's (1794-1878 CE) 1840 collection of poetry "Poems".

Two poems examining divinity and concluding that while God is benevolent, one appreciates God either through a romantic lens or a rationalist calculation. Poems are William Cullen Bryant's, "To a Waterfowl," and Philip Freneau's, "On the...

This Bibliomania entry provides a biography of the 19th century American poet William Cullen Bryant and an analysis of his major poems. Discusses his role as a journalist and his translation of Greek classics. Includes suggestions for...

This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry provides a complete bibliography of William Cullen Bryant and related minor poets among his contemporaries.

Six sonnets by the American Romantic era poet, including "Midsummer," "October," "November," "To an American Painter Departing for Europe," "Mutation," and "William Tell."

The Heath Anthology of American Literature offers a look at classroom issues, strategies, themes, comparisons, and other criteria for teaching this William Cullen Bryant and his poetry to students.

Short biographical note about William Cullen Bryant illustrated with a portrait photograph taken by Mathew Brady, celebrated portrait and Civil War photographer.

Full text of the poem "To a Waterfowl" by William Cullen Bryant.

Here at the Virginia Commonwealth University, read Kate Chopin's "The Story of An Hour." A "Reading response," exercise is provided after the complete text of the story.