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WILLIAM WINTER - INSCRIBED AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 01/08/1886 - HFSID 321227

Handwritten stanza from his poem "After All", inscribed to a high school class Autograph Quotation inscribed and signed "William Winter", 1 page, 6¾x9.

Price: $320.00

Condition: Fine condition
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WILLIAM WINTER
Handwritten stanza from his poem "After All", inscribed to a high school class
Autograph Quotation inscribed and signed "William Winter", 1 page, 6¾x9. In full: "The violets star the meadow/The rose ends fringe the door/And over the grassy orchard/The pure-white blossoms pour/[signature]/Stanza from/'After All'/For all of the pupils of the/high school of Worcester, Mass./New York/January 08/1886". After graduating from Harvard Law School, William Winter (1836-1917) chose a literary career instead of a legal one. Moving to New York in 1859, he moved into a bohemian literary circle which included Walt Whitman. Winter wrote poetry himself, but was much more famous as a theatre critic. After short stints with other journals, Winter became chief theatre critic for the New York Herald from 1865 to 1909. Popular with actors, Winter was frequently invited to meetings of the Lamb's Club, despite the usual ban on journalists. Winter, perhaps the nation's most influential literary critic of the era, was a strong opponent of realism in theater, and a particular critic of Ibsen. Winter believed that art, including theatre, should elevate and inspire audiences, not reflect life as it was. Light surface creases. Lightly toned. Fold in center. Adhesive residue on verso. Corners slightly worn. Fine condition.

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