Tuesday, July 27, 2010

July 27, 1895

“Your spiritual writings haunt me like personal experiences.”
William Dean Howells to Howard Pyle, July 27, 1895

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What types of spiritual writings did Pyle do . . I am not familiar with any specifics.

Ian Schoenherr said...

At this point (Summer 1895), Pyle's spiritual writings included "In Tenebras" (Harper's Monthly, February 1894), "To the Soil of the Earth" (The Cosmopolitan, June 1892), and the unpublished work-in-progress "Semper Idem," which later became "Rejected of Men" (Harper and Brothers, 1903). All three texts can be found on Google Books if you'd like to read them.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Ian! I am currently teaching a course on American Illustration with a major emphasis on Pyle. I appreciate the website!

Ian Schoenherr said...

Also, in May 1891 Pyle sent Howells some “thoughts on immortality and infinity.” But these were not published and have been lost.

And I should have noted “The Garden Behind the Moon,” but Howells hadn’t yet read it when he made his statement. The same goes for “Travels of the Soul” (Century Magazine, December 1902) and “Hope and Memory” (Century Magazine, November 1901) - and a few other bits and pieces.