American Literary Masters

About this eBook

Author

Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry), 1859-1941

Title

American literary masters

Original Publication

United States: Houghton Mifflin & Company,1906.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American literature -- History and criticism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68683

Release Date

August 4, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMERICAN LITERARY MASTERS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.I Washington Irving — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II IRVING’S CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV EARLY WORK KNICKERBOCKER’S HISTORY , SKETCH BOOK , BRACEBRIDGE HALL , TALES OF A TRAVELLER — V HISTORICAL WRITINGS COLUMBUS , CONQUEST OF GRANADA , MAHOMET — VI SPANISH ROMANCE THE ALHAMBRA , LEGENDS OF THE CONQUEST OF SPAIN — VII AMERICAN HISTORY AND TRAVEL A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES , ASTORIA , LIFE OF WASHINGTON
5. 5.II William Cullen Bryant — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II BRYANT’S CHARACTER — III THE LITERARY CRAFTSMAN — IV THE POET — V LATEST POETICAL WORK THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.III James Fenimore Cooper — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II HIS CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV ROMANCES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE SPY , LIONEL LINCOLN — V THE LEATHER-STOCKING TALES AND OTHER INDIAN STORIES — VI THE SEA STORIES FROM THE PILOT TO MILES WALLINGFORD — VII OLD-WORLD ROMANCE AND NEW-WORLD SATIRE THE BRAVO , THE HEIDENMAUER , THE HEADSMAN , HOMEWARD BOUND , HOME AS FOUND — VIII TRAVELS, HISTORY, POLITICAL WRITINGS AND LATEST NOVELS — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.IV George Bancroft — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II HIS CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.V William Hickling Prescott — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II PRESCOTT’S CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV THE HISTORIES
9. 9.VI Ralph Waldo Emerson — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II EMERSON’S CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV NATURE, ADDRESSES, AND LECTURES — V THE ESSAYS , REPRESENTATIVE MEN , ENGLISH TRAITS , CONDUCT OF LIFE — VI THE POEMS — VII LATEST BOOKS — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.VII Edgar Allan Poe — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II POE’S CHARACTER — III THE PROSE WRITER — IV TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE — V THE CRITIC — VI THE POET — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.VIII Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II LONGFELLOW’S CHARACTER — III THE POET — IV OUTRE-MER, HYPERION, KAVANAGH — V VOICES OF THE NIGHT, BALLADS, SPANISH STUDENT, BELFRY OF BRUGES, THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE — VI EVANGELINE, HIAWATHA, MILES STANDISH, TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN — VII CHRISTUS, JUDAS MACCABÆUS, PANDORA, MICHAEL ANGELO — VIII LAST WORKS — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.IX John Greenleaf Whittier — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II WHITTIER’S CHARACTER — III THE LITERARY CRAFTSMAN — IV NARRATIVE AND LEGENDARY VERSE — V VOICES OF FREEDOM , SONGS OF LABOR , IN WAR TIME — VI SNOW-BOUND , TENT ON THE BEACH , PENNSYLVANIA PILGRIM , VISION OF ECHARD — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.X Nathaniel Hawthorne — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II HAWTHORNE’s CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV THE SHORT STORIES TWICE-TOLD TALES , MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE , THE SNOW-IMAGE — V THE GREAT ROMANCES SCARLET LETTER , HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES , BLITHEDALE ROMANCE , MARBLE FAUN — VI LATEST AND POSTHUMOUS WRITINGS OUR OLD HOME , NOTE-BOOKS , DOLLIVER ROMANCE — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.XI Henry David Thoreau — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II THOREAU’S CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV THE BOOKS — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.XII Oliver Wendell Holmes — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II THE MAN — III THE WRITER — IV THE AUTOCRAT AND ITS COMPANIONS, OVER THE TEACUPS , OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE — V THE POET — VI FICTION AND BIOGRAPHY — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.XIII John Lothrop Motley — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II HIS CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV THE HISTORIES — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.XIV Francis Parkman — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II PARKMAN’S CHARACTER — III THE WRITER — IV EARLY WORK OREGON TRAIL , CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC , VASSALL MORTON — V FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.XV Bayard Taylor — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II HIS CHARACTER — III THE ARTIST — IV POETICAL WORK — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.XVI George William Curtis — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II THE MAN — III THE WRITER AND THE ORATOR — IV NILE NOTES OF A HOWADJI , PRUE AND I , TRUMPS — V THE EASY CHAIR — VI ORATIONS AND ADDRESSES — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.XVII Donald Grant Mitchell — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II THE AUTHOR AND THE MAN — III THE WRITINGS — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.XVIII JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II LOWELL’S CHARACTER — III POET AND PROSE WRITER — IV POEMS , THE BIGLOW PAPERS , FABLE FOR CRITICS , VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL — V UNDER THE WILLOWS , THE CATHEDRAL , COMMEMORATION ODE , THREE MEMORIAL POEMS , HEARTSEASE AND RUE — VI FIRESIDE TRAVELS , MY STUDY WINDOWS , AMONG MY BOOKS , LATEST LITERARY ESSAYS — VII POLITICAL ADDRESSES AND PAPERS — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.XIX WALT WHITMAN — REFERENCES: — I HIS LIFE — II THE GROWTH OF A REPUTATION — III THE WRITER — IV LEAVES OF GRASS — V SPECIMEN DAYS AND COLLECT — VI WHITMAN’S CHARACTER — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.Index
24. 24.Transcriber’s Notes

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