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Wit and Wisdom - The Forgotten Literary Life of New England Villages (Hardcover)
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Wit and Wisdom - The Forgotten Literary Life of New England Villages (Hardcover)
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The lyceum movement gained momentum in the decades preceding the
Civil War, presenting members with the opportunity to
participate in literary life and engage with the issues of the day.
While urban lyceums played host to a who’s who of
nineteenth-century intellectual life, literary societies also
cropped up in thousands of villages across the nation, acting as
influential sites of learning, creativity, and community
engagement. In rural New England, ordinary men and women, farmers
and intelligentsia, selectmen and schoolchildren came together to
write and perform poetry and witty parodies and debate a wide
range of topics, from women’s rights and temperance to slavery,
migration, and more. Wit and Wisdom takes readers inside this
long-forgotten tradition, providing new access to the vibrant
voices, surprising talents, and understated humor on display on
many a cold winter’s night. Having uncovered dozens
of handwritten newspapers produced by village lyceums across
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, Joan Newlon
Radner proves that these close-knit groups offered a vital
expression of the beliefs, ambitions, and resilience of rural New
Englanders.
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