Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century - The Nineteenth Century

With contributions from over 100 scholars, the Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Centry provides essays on the careers, works, and backgrounds of more than 100 nineteenth-century poets. It also provides entries on specialized categories of twentieth-century verse such as hymns, folk ballads, spirituals, Civil War songs, and Native American poetry. Besides presenting essential factual information, each entry amounts to an in-depth critical essay, and includes a bibliography that directs readers to other works by and about a particular poet.

List of contents

Henry Adams, Jane Remus John qunicy Adams, Guy R. Woodall Amos Bronson Alcott, Guy R. Woodall Washington Allston, Lorin Stein Joel Barlow, Anita M. Vickers Ambrose Bierce, M.E. Grenander Bejanmin Paul Blood, Lynda S. Boren Manoah Bodman, Edward Halsey Foster George Henry Boker, Lucy Rinehart Augusta Cooper Bristol, Matthew Parr Charles Timothy, Laura Barrett Maria Gowen Brooks, Geofrilyn M. Walker Henry Howard Brownell, Jonathan Veitch William Cullen Bryant, Paul Bray Josiah D. Canning, Christine A. Modley Alice and Phoebe Cary, Jonathan Hall Madison Cawein, Jane Gentry Vance William Ellery Channing, Krista Walter John Jay Chapman, Karen A. Weyler Thomas Holley Chivers, Barbara Cantalupo Thomas Cole, Joy S. Kasson Philip Pendleton Cooke, Welford Dunaway Taylor Rose Terry, Karen L. Kilcup Christopher Pearse Cranch, Lisa Honaker Stephen Crane, Daniel Hoffman Richard Henry Dana Sr., Doreen M. Hunter Emily Dickinson, Judith Farr Samuel Henry Dickson, David Aiken Joseph Rodman Drake, Barbara Packer Paul Laurence Dunbar, Shelly Eversley Ralph Waldo Emerson, Paul Kane Ernest Fenollosa, Joseph Donahue Philip Freneau, Julie Norko Margaret Fuller, Jeffrey Steele Hamlin Garland, Joseph B. McCullough Richard Watson Gilder, Henry B. Wonham Louise Imogen Guiney, Barbara Ryan Fitz-Greene Halleck, Nicholas Birns Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Melba Joyce Boyd Francis Brett (Bret) Harte, Allene Cooper Nathaniel Hawthorne, Patricia Crain John Hay, Philip B. Eppard Paul Hamilton Hayne, Rayburn S. Moore Josiah Gilbert Holland, Edward Halsey Foster Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Wortham George Moses Horton, Deshae E. Lott Richard Hovey, Bruce Meyer Julia Ward Howe, Wendy Dasler William Dean Howells, Julie Bates Dock William Reed Huntingdon, Janice McIntire-Straburg Helen Hunt Jackson, Cheryl Walker Sarah Orne Jewett, Gail C. Keating Frances Anne Kemble, Mark P. Brodie and Kathleen Motoike Sidney Lanier, Jane S. Gabin Emma Lazarus, Cheri Louise Ross James Mathewes Legare, Scott Romine Charles Godfrey Leland, Kathryn B. McKee George Cabot Lodge, Joe Pellegrino Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Gary Schanhorst James Russell Lowell, Angus Fletcher Maria White Lowell, Cheryl Walker Edwin Markham, Paul J. Felazzo Cornelius Mathews, Donald Yannella Herman Melville, Robert C. Ryan Adah Isaacs Menken, Dorsey Kleitz Stuart Fitz-Randolph Merrill, Gerard DeFoe Joaquin Miller (Cincinnatus Hiner), Benjamin S. Lawson Harriet Monroe, Molly M. Munro William Vaughn Moody, Kenneth M. Price John Neal, Fritz Fleischmann Nineteenth-Century Versions of American Indian Poetry, Matthew Parr James Kirke Paulding, Lucy Rinehart James Gates Percival, William Crisman John James Piatt and Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt, Paula Bernat Bennett John Pierpont, Nicholas Birns Edward Coote Pinkney, Rayburn S. Moore Edgar Allan Poe, Daniel Hoffman Popular Poetry, Janet Gray Alexander Posey, Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. Lizette Woodworth Reese, Maria Russo John Rollin Ridge, James W. Parins James Whitcomb Riley, Gerald Weales Edwin Arlington Robinson, Alan Shucard George Santayana, Scott Romine Epes Sargent, Glenn M. Reed Clinton Scollard, Joe Pellegrino Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Patricia Crain Edward Rowland Sill, Susan Johnston Graf William Gilmore Simms, George C. Longest Songs and Ballads, David H. Evans Spirituals, Mason I. Lowance Jr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, Henry B. Wonham Trumbull Stickney, John Hollander William Wetmore Story, Renee Tursi John Banister Tabb, Kevin J. Hayes Bayard Taylor, Dorsey Kleitz Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Hall Witherell Henry Timrod, David S. Sheilds Frederick Ridgely Torrence, John Samonds John Townsend Trowbridge, Michael R. Little Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, Robert Regan George Boyer Vashon, James C. Hall Jones Very, Helen R. Deese Edith Wharton, Jennie A. Kassanoff James Monroe Whitfield, James C. Hall Albery Allson Whitman, James Robert Payne Sarah Helen Whitman, Barbara Ryan Walt Whitman, Jerome Loving John Greanleaf Whittier, Christopher Beach Carlos Wilcox, James Hazen Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Allison Giffen Richard Henry Wilde, Edward L. Tucker Nathaniel Parker Willis, Karen A. Weyler Byron Forceythe Willson, Joseph Csicsila Constance Fenimore Woolson, Caroline Gebhard

About the author

Eric Haralson is Associate Professor at the Department of English, Stony Brook University, USA.

Summary

With contributions from over 100 scholars, this encyclopedia provides essays on the careers, works, and backgrounds of more than 100 nineteenth-century poets.

Product details

• Authors: Eric L. Haralson
• Assisted by: Eric L Haralson (Editor), Eric L. Haralson (Editor), Haralson Eric L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2014
• EAN: 9780415890762
• ISBN: 978-0-415-89076-2
• No. of pages: 550
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, North America, Reference works, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900