Literary Classics and Hidden Gems
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift's satirical essay lampooning the callous treatment of Ireland by the English has been raising eyebrows and consciousness since it was published by S. Harding in 1729. If "Eat Your Young" is your favorite Hozier song, then this is the book for you. Trigger warning for discussion of cannibalism.
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Eternity Poems by Emily Dickinson
One of the greatest American poets, Emily Dickinson wrote more than 1,700 poems during her lifetime (1830-1886). Very few of them were published while she was alive, though. These poems on the subject of eternity were published after her death in three volumes by her friends Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. These editions were published between 1891 and 1896. Dickinson was so far ahead of her time in the mid-Victorian era, her verse sounds fresh and alive today.
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Art and the Bronco by O. Henry
The small town of San Saba is about to acquire a treasure: An original oil painting of a steer by its renowned local Western artist. That is, if the artist's cowpoke grandson can control Hot Tamales, his bronco.
While serving a short stint in prison for embezzling from his bank employer to fund his literary career, William Sydney Porter met a prison guard named O. Henry. Porter adopted O. Henry as his pen name. "Art the Bronco" first appeared in his short story collection Roads of Destiny in 1909.
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Poetry of Aphra Behn, Edited by Montague Summers
Aphra Behn, 1640-1689, may have been the first person to write a novel in the English language. Details of her life are scant, although she’s known to have been a spy in the court of Charles II. Today she’s remembered mainly through her poetry, prose, and plays. Virginia Woolf name-checked her in “A Room of One’s Own.”
Montague Summers, 1880-1948, is considered a problematic figure by 21st century standards. He wrote often on the subject of evil, some would say obsessively. His other interests included Restoration Era English drama, including the work of Aphra Behn. He published his volume of her works in 1915.
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