- WaltWhitmanisbothamajorpoetandanoutstandingpersonalityinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Herosefromobscuritytomonumentalfame,comingtoberecognizedasanationalfigure.Hisachievementisgreat,althoughithasbeensometimesobscuredbyunfair,hostilecriticism—or,con...
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- NathanielHawthornewasbornonJuly4,1804inSalem,Massachusetts,thedescendentofalonglineofPuritanancestors,includingJohnHathorne,apresidingmagistrateintheSalemwitchtrials.Afterhisfatherwaslostatseawhenhewasonlyfour,hismotherbecameoverlyprotectiveandpushed...
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- Introduction<?XML:NAMESPACEPREFIX=O/>InspiteofIrving'sseventeenyearsinEurope,hissearchfornativethemesledhimtocontributeimportantlytoportraitureoftheAmericanIndian.AlthoughhisfirsthandobservationofIndianswaslimited,hewasliberatedohmthepioneer'sneedt...
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- ProbablythebestlovedofAmericanpoetstheworldoverisHenryWadsworthLongfellow.ManyofhislinesareasfamiliartousasrhymesfromMotherGooseorthewordsofnurserysongslearnedinearlychildhood.Liketheserhymesandmelodies,theyremaininthememoryandaccompanyusthroughlife....
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