{"product_id":"the-biglow-papers","title":"Papeles de Biglow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Yankee farmer takes up his pen, and war, slavery, and learned pretension come under fire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Biglow Papers, James Russell Lowell gives political anger a comic voice. Hosea Biglow, a young farmer from the invented Massachusetts village of Jaalam, writes verse in rural New England speech. Beside him stands Parson Homer Wilbur, a fussy minister whose letters, introductions, and wandering notes make a comedy around the poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first series attacks the war with Mexico and slavery; the second answers the Civil War. Across both, Lowell turns spoken language into rhyme and argument. Dropped endings, unusual spellings, and local phrases shape the sound. These poems stay close to the disputes of their time, mixing pointed jokes with questions about war and slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA farmer's sharp voice\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Hosea Biglow, whose rural speech carries Lowell's comic and political verse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA minister's comic detours\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Parson Wilbur through learned introductions and notes that wander far from the point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe first series\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore verse that attacks the Mexican War and slavery through an invented farmer's voice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Civil War poems\u003c\/strong\u003e – Read the second series as Lowell turns his political verse toward the Civil War.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage with local roots\u003c\/strong\u003e – Hear how New England turns of phrase make dialect both a joke and an argument.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy satire, American history, and spoken language in rhyme, or wonder how poets argue about war and slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet the farmer and minister who make Lowell's anger funny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534577434972,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/04325_en_ebook-front_c01.jpg?v=1792174913","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/es\/products\/papeles-de-biglow","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}