Pygmalion Child Of The Lake The Three Rings And Other Poems

Excerpt from Pygmalion: Child of the Lake, the Three Rings, and Other Poems; With Biographical Sketch These poems, which I now place within the reach of the Literary world, are from the pen of a much beloved teacher, and were a parting gift to me, her last pupil, but a short month before her death. Years ago, many of them passed under the scrutinizing eye of our household poet (Longfellow), who bestowed upon them warm commendations. "The New Year," particularly, of the shorter poems, was a favorite with him, and he paid the writer many compliments for the similes with which it abounds. Since they have been in my possession, men of learning and culture have looked into them, and I have received such encouragement that I no longer refrain from giving them the dignity of print, feeling that they are worthy of public notice, and that all those into whose hands they may fall, will read with pleasure. I feel safe in saying that Catholics and non-Catholics can alike enjoy them; for while they are the thoughts of one whose heart was in the Catholic Faith, there is not a word to which the Protestant heart cannot respond. 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.

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This title was published in 2001. Pygmalion and Galatea presents an account of the development of the Pygmalion story from its origins in early Greek myth until the twentieth century. It focuses on the use of the story in nineteenth-century British literature, exploring gender issues, the nature of artistic creativity and the morality of Greek art.