WorkAmos Bronson Alcott

“Orphic Sayings," in The Dial, Vol. I, No. 1 and Vol. I, No. 3”

Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) · July 1840

InferredFuller refers without naming Alcott to American writers who call their prose 'Orphic sayings' and their verse 'Orphics' — an unmistakable allusion to A. Bronson Alcott's 'Orphic Sayings,' published in the first issue of The Dial (July 1840, 50 sayings) and the third issue (January 1841, 50 more sayings). Alcott's contributions were the most ridiculed in the journal, widely mocked as unintelligible.

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Woman in the Nineteenth Century

The Dial I.1 (1840) and I.3 (1841)

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“calling their prose 'Orphic sayings' and verse 'Orphics.' We wish we could add that they have shown that musical apprehension of nature which entitled them so to do, but their attempts are frigid, though sometimes grand”

Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.

Inferred Fuller refers without naming Alcott to American writers who call their prose 'Orphic sayings' and their verse 'Orphics' — an unmistakable allusion to A. Bronson Alcott's 'Orphic Sayings,' published in the first issue of The Dial (July 1840, 50 sayings) and the third issue (January 1841, 50 more sayings). Alcott's contributions were the most ridiculed in the journal, widely mocked as unintelligible.