The Cambridge History of American Literature: Later national literature: pt. IIWilliam Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921 |
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... Plays . Augustin Daly . Critics . Laurence Hutton . Brander Matthews . William Winter . Bronson Howard . Local Color . Steele MacKaye . The Theatres of the Eighties in New York . The Star System . Theatrical Trusts . Charles and Daniel ...
... Plays . Augustin Daly . Critics . Laurence Hutton . Brander Matthews . William Winter . Bronson Howard . Local Color . Steele MacKaye . The Theatres of the Eighties in New York . The Star System . Theatrical Trusts . Charles and Daniel ...
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... play built around the character of Sellers was immensely successful on the stage . Later , in col- laboration with Howells , Mark Twain made a second Sellers play showing the hero aspiring to an English earldom ; and this he worked over ...
... play built around the character of Sellers was immensely successful on the stage . Later , in col- laboration with Howells , Mark Twain made a second Sellers play showing the hero aspiring to an English earldom ; and this he worked over ...
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... play in 1872 and published in its present form in 1876. The long incubation contributed to its unsurpassed unity of tone . But the decisive fact is that his irresponsible and frequently extravagant fancy is here held in check by a ...
... play in 1872 and published in its present form in 1876. The long incubation contributed to its unsurpassed unity of tone . But the decisive fact is that his irresponsible and frequently extravagant fancy is here held in check by a ...
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... play his keen sense of drollery . But in spite of his Egyptian Sketch- Book , his Brand - New Ballads , and the sly meditations of his Flaxius , Leland may fairly be considered a humorist of only one character . Hans Breitmann , created ...
... play his keen sense of drollery . But in spite of his Egyptian Sketch- Book , his Brand - New Ballads , and the sly meditations of his Flaxius , Leland may fairly be considered a humorist of only one character . Hans Breitmann , created ...
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... to show people that determination and perseverance can accomplish much in this direction . " S. Thompson , Eugene Field , vol . ii . , p . 120 . Eugene Field 29 more effortless than the easy play of 28 Minor Humorists.
... to show people that determination and perseverance can accomplish much in this direction . " S. Thompson , Eugene Field , vol . ii . , p . 120 . Eugene Field 29 more effortless than the easy play of 28 Minor Humorists.
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