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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... Liberator . The Survey . Reedy's Mirror . The Dial . _The_Bell- man . Party Organs . Public Activities of Newspapers . The World War . 226 266 299 319 Contents CHAPTER XXI POLITICAL WRITING SINCE 1850 By WILLIAM KENNETH viii Contents.
... Liberator . The Survey . Reedy's Mirror . The Dial . _The_Bell- man . Party Organs . Public Activities of Newspapers . The World War . 226 266 299 319 Contents CHAPTER XXI POLITICAL WRITING SINCE 1850 By WILLIAM KENNETH viii Contents.
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... POLITICAL WRITING SINCE 1850 By WILLIAM KENNETH BOYD , Ph.D. , Professor of History in Trinity College , Durham , North Carolina . The Change of Temper after 1850. Pro - Slavery Arguments . Thomas R. Dew . Attacks on Jefferson's Ideas ...
... POLITICAL WRITING SINCE 1850 By WILLIAM KENNETH BOYD , Ph.D. , Professor of History in Trinity College , Durham , North Carolina . The Change of Temper after 1850. Pro - Slavery Arguments . Thomas R. Dew . Attacks on Jefferson's Ideas ...
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... political relations . There is a lively satirical play upon a wide range of clearly conceived characters and caricatures , exhibiting most of the elementary passions from love - making and fortune - hunting to bribing Con- gressmen and ...
... political relations . There is a lively satirical play upon a wide range of clearly conceived characters and caricatures , exhibiting most of the elementary passions from love - making and fortune - hunting to bribing Con- gressmen and ...
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... politics , is of course not a pro- jection of the author's personality but " a German gentleman who drinks , fights , and plunders . " In this conception Leland discovered a vein of genuine humour , the converse of that in Innocents ...
... politics , is of course not a pro- jection of the author's personality but " a German gentleman who drinks , fights , and plunders . " In this conception Leland discovered a vein of genuine humour , the converse of that in Innocents ...
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... political , and literary gossip cleverly versified . A bit of flippancy like The Little Peach of Emerald Hue goes to show that Field's humour could on occa- sion conquer the sentimental strain in him . But only too often his children ...
... political , and literary gossip cleverly versified . A bit of flippancy like The Little Peach of Emerald Hue goes to show that Field's humour could on occa- sion conquer the sentimental strain in him . But only too often his children ...
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