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... litera- ture , not only in the South , but in the North as well . Abroad Wordsworth was declaring a new reverence for Nature ; Shelley was dreaming of wider liberty ; and Byron was showing the genius of his fiery soul . By the beginning ...
... litera- ture , not only in the South , but in the North as well . Abroad Wordsworth was declaring a new reverence for Nature ; Shelley was dreaming of wider liberty ; and Byron was showing the genius of his fiery soul . By the beginning ...
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... litera- ture , without knowledge of our history , and judging our civilization by our fiction , would undoubtedly conclude that the South was the seat of intellectual empire in America . " A glance at the magazines of the day or at the ...
... litera- ture , without knowledge of our history , and judging our civilization by our fiction , would undoubtedly conclude that the South was the seat of intellectual empire in America . " A glance at the magazines of the day or at the ...
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... litera- ture . " If Mr. Harris ever said that , he is mistaken . Long after the very names of his other sketches and of his novels are forgotten , these tales will linger on and on . For folk - lore has ever been the most permanent part ...
... litera- ture . " If Mr. Harris ever said that , he is mistaken . Long after the very names of his other sketches and of his novels are forgotten , these tales will linger on and on . For folk - lore has ever been the most permanent part ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 15 |
Unique Origin of American LiteratureConditions | 27 |
CHAPTER II | 41 |
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