Michael Chabon
American novelist, short story writer, essayist
Bliss Carman
Canadian-American author (1861-1929)
William Bliss Carman was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada’s poet laureate during his later years.
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William Bliss Carman was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada’s poet laureate during his later years.
In Canada, Carman is classed as one of the Confederation Poets, a group which also included Charles G.D. Roberts (his cousin), Archibald Lampman, and Duncan Campbell Scott. “Of the group, Carman had the surest lyric touch and achieved the widest international recognition. But unlike others, he never attempted to secure his income by novel writing, popular journalism, or non-literary employment. He remained a poet, supplementing his art with critical commentaries on literary ideas, philosophy, and aesthetics.”
5 Quotes by Bliss Carman
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There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
Bliss CarmanCanadian-American author (1861-1929)
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Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.
Bliss CarmanCanadian-American author (1861-1929)
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What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
Bliss CarmanCanadian-American author (1861-1929)
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I often wish… that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
Bliss CarmanCanadian-American author (1861-1929)
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Indifference may not wreck a man’s life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.
Bliss CarmanCanadian-American author (1861-1929)