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Bayard Taylor (11 January 1825-19 December 1878), known in his time as "the Great American Traveler" (a title he hated), and as a poet of considerable technical skill, remains alive today largely thro...
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Baynard Taylor was one of the most popular travel writers of his time, producing eleven volumes of his own accounts and lecturing throughout the United States to large audiences. From the time his fir...
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A prolific travel writer, lecturer, novelist, playwright, and technically proficient poet, Bayard Taylor is best remembered today for his metrically faithful translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe'...
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In the following excerpt, Cary discusses Taylor's egotism and the effect it had on his work and on his role as a leader of the Genteel Tradition.
With complete justice Russell Blankenship calls...
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In the following excerpt, Krumpelmann examines the degree to which Taylor's work imitates German literature.
As in his other works, so in his original literary compositions, Bayard Taylor shows...
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In the following excerpt, Wermuth discusses Taylor's translation of Faust, his parodies, and other critical pursuits.
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The Faust translation is Taylor's most important work...
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In the following introduction to Taylor's The Story of Kennett, La Salle offers an overview of Taylor's career and provides background for the novel.
One hundred years ago, few serious r...
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In the following essay, Luedtke and Morrow offer a commentary on Bret Harte's obituary of Taylor, and examine the relationship between the two authors.
When Bayard Taylor died in Berlin on Dece...
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In the following essay, Lang and Lease examine Herman Melville's portrayal of Taylor in The Confidence Man.
Shortly after finishing The Confidence-Man, Melville came down from the Berkshires to...
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In the following essay, Martin discusses Taylor's use of pastoral settings and classical themes in his treatment of homosexuality.
I know … a great valley, bounded by a hundred miles of ...
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In the following introduction, Wermuth offers a survey of Taylor's career and his place in the literary climate of the 1800s.
“Well—if I were to write about myself for six hours, ...
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Bayard Taylor
Critical Essay by Richard Cary
