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- AMERICAN LITERARY MASTERS
- PREFACE
- 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
- 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:
- 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:
- IV George Bancroft
- REFERENCES:
- I HIS LIFE
- II HIS CHARACTER
- III THE WRITER
- IV THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
- FOOTNOTES:
- V William Hickling Prescott
- REFERENCES:
- I HIS LIFE
- II PRESCOTT’S CHARACTER
- III THE WRITER
- IV THE HISTORIES
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- XI Henry David Thoreau
- REFERENCES:
- I HIS LIFE
- II THOREAU’S CHARACTER
- III THE WRITER
- IV THE BOOKS
- FOOTNOTES:
- 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:
- XIII John Lothrop Motley
- REFERENCES:
- I HIS LIFE
- II HIS CHARACTER
- III THE WRITER
- IV THE HISTORIES
- FOOTNOTES:
- 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:
- XV Bayard Taylor
- REFERENCES:
- I HIS LIFE
- II HIS CHARACTER
- III THE ARTIST
- IV POETICAL WORK
- FOOTNOTES:
- 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:
- XVII Donald Grant Mitchell
- REFERENCES:
- I HIS LIFE
- II THE AUTHOR AND THE MAN
- III THE WRITINGS
- FOOTNOTES:
- 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:
- 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:
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