The Oxford Book of American Essays by Brander Matthews et al.
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| Editor | Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 |
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| Contributor | Brownell, W. C. (William Crary), 1851-1928 |
| Contributor | Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 |
| Contributor | Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 |
| Contributor | Crothers, Samuel McChord, 1857-1927 |
| Contributor | Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 |
| Contributor | Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882 |
| Contributor | Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 |
| Contributor | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 |
| Contributor | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
| Contributor | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 |
| Contributor | Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 |
| Contributor | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 |
| Contributor | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 |
| Contributor | Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 |
| Contributor | James, Henry, 1843-1916 |
| Contributor | King, Clarence, 1842-1901 |
| Contributor | Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 |
| Contributor | Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 |
| Contributor | Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 |
| Contributor | Martin, Edward Sandford, 1856-1939 |
| Contributor | Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 |
| Contributor | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 |
| Contributor | Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 |
| Contributor | Trent, William P. (William Peterfield), 1862-1939 |
| Contributor | Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 |
| Contributor | Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 |
| Contributor | Winthrop, Theodore, 1828-1861 |
| Title | The Oxford Book of American Essays |
| Contents | Introduction -- The ephemera: an emblem of human life / Benjamin Franklin -- The whistle / Benjamin Franklin -- Dialogue between Franklin and the gout / Benjamin Franklin -- Consolation for the old bachelor / Francis Hopkinson -- John Bull / Washington Irving -- The mutability of literature / Washington Irving -- Kean's acting / Richard Henry Dana -- Gifts / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Uses of great men / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Buds and bird-voices / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The philosophy of composition / Edgar Allan Poe -- Bread and the newspaper / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Walking / Henry David Thoreau -- On a certain condescension in foreigners / James Russell Lowell -- Preface to "Leaves of Grass" / Walt Whitman -- Americanism in literature / Thomas Wentworth Higginson -- Thackeray in America / George William Curtis -- Our march to Washington / Theodore Winthrop -- Calvin / Charles Dudley Warner -- Five American contributions to civilization / Charles William Eliot -- I talk of dreams / William Dean Howells -- An idyl of the honey-bee / John Burroughs -- Cut-off Copples's / Clarence King -- The Théâtre Français / Henry James -- Theocritus on Cape Cod / Hamilton Wright Mabie -- Colonialism in the United States / Henry Cabot Lodge -- New York after Paris / William Crary Brownell -- The tyranny of things / Edward Sandford Martin -- Free trade vs. protection in literature / Samuel McChord Crothers -- Dante and the Bowery / Theodore Roosevelt -- The revolt of the unfit / Nicholas Murray Butler -- On translating the odes of Horace / William Peterfield Trent. |
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| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American essays |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 40196 |
| Release Date | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 25, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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