Masters of American Literature, Volume 1Henry August Pochmann, Gay Wilson Allen |
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... literary persons educated therein . Scant atten- tion was given to the cavalier tradition of the South as exemplified by the Carters , Lees , and Byrds of Virginia during the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies , to the literary ...
... literary persons educated therein . Scant atten- tion was given to the cavalier tradition of the South as exemplified by the Carters , Lees , and Byrds of Virginia during the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies , to the literary ...
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... literary excellence was Edgar Allan Poe , editor of the South- ern Literary Messenger in Richmond during the mid- thirties . He declared war on mediocrity , exposed it wherever and whenever he detected it , and deflated many literary ...
... literary excellence was Edgar Allan Poe , editor of the South- ern Literary Messenger in Richmond during the mid- thirties . He declared war on mediocrity , exposed it wherever and whenever he detected it , and deflated many literary ...
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... literary and men- tal capabilities and equally large personal failings , who dedicated himself to literary pursuits , and who sought to make his livelihood by writing . Consider- ing his weaknesses and the difficulties that beset the ...
... literary and men- tal capabilities and equally large personal failings , who dedicated himself to literary pursuits , and who sought to make his livelihood by writing . Consider- ing his weaknesses and the difficulties that beset the ...
Contents
From Of Being | 154 |
From Notes on the Mind | 160 |
SELECTED COOPER BIBLIOGRAPHY | 235 |
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