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(0)Mary Weatherspoon Bowden
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Discusses the life and works of Washington Irving. Includes a chronology.
It is the intention of this work to show that all Irving's books are readable today, that many are worth reading, and that a few demand reading and rereading. It is also its intent to demonstrate that Irving was not a short-story writer, but a composer of books: thus, a story in one of his books is more than that story alone, for it gains meaning from what came before and gives...
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In the period between the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, Philip Morin Freneau is one of the most important literary figures. He holds this position not just because he was a prolific writer but because he experimented with many different styles and forms. In the body of his works one can find poems which illustrate well the neoclassic school and those which classically illustrate the pre-Romantic fancy. He is, therefore, important as a transitional...