There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
Never mind faded forests, Austin,
Never mind silent fields -
Here is a little forest,
Whose leaf is ever green;
Here is a brighter garden,
Where not a frost has been;
In its unfading flowers
I hear the bright bee hum:
Prithee, my brother,
Into my garden come!


Emily Dickinson
The Long 19th Century

Coined by historian Eric Hobsbawm, "The Long 19th Century" refers to the period from the French Revolution to The First World War: 1789 to 1914.

We choose it for its inclusion of writers whose sensibilities were shaped in a singular era of American (and world) history....