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About 334 pages (100,229 words) in 18 products |
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| Name: |
Francis Brett Harte | | Variant Name: |
Bret Harte | | Birth Date: |
1837 | | Death Date: |
1902 | | Place of Birth: |
Albany, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, poet, author |
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 Biography of Francis Brett Harte
783 words, approx. 3 pages
 Francis Brett Harte (1837-1902), known as Bret Harte, an American poet and fiction writer who specialized in local color and regional stories, set the fashion in fiction for a number of writers in the era following the Civil War. Bret Harte, born in... summary from source:
Biography of Francis Brett Harte
7,974 words, approx. 27 pages
 Bret Harte was the first Pacific slope writer to gain an international reputation for his work. As a deft observer of character and conditions, he introduced to a worldwide audience the picturesque life of mid-nineteenth-century northern California.... summary from source:
 Biography of (Francis) Bret(t) Harte
5,079 words, approx. 17 pages
More than any other American writer, Bret Harte discovered the "literary West," or so Henry Seidel Canby declared in the Saturday Review of Literature for 17 April 1926. As founding editor of the Overland Monthly in 1868, Harte was instrumental in...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Harte, Bret Summary
2,105 words, approx. 7 pagesBorn August 25, 1836Albany, New York Died May 5, 1902Camberley, England Writer and editor Bret Harte. . Reproduced by permission. "The only... summary from source:
 Bret Harte Information
1,037 words, approx. 4 pages
For the professional wrestler, see Bret Hart . For the census-designated place, see Bret Harte, California . Francis Bret Harte ( August 25 , 1837 – May 6 , 1902 ) was an American author and poet , best remembered for his accounts of pioneering...
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6/26/2007: 751 words, approx. 3 pagesFAYETTEVILLE, Ga. _ Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with the pulley of a weightlifting machine, authorities said Tuesday.Investigators found prescription anabolic steroids in the house and want to...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Gary Scharnhorst
11,069 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Scharnhorst surveys the stories by Harte that were published in The Overland Monthly.
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Critical Essay by J. David Stevens
9,424 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Stevens traces the development of Harte's treatment of gender and sexuality in his short fiction.
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Critical Essay by Lee Mitchell
8,395 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Mitchell finds parallels between the careers of Harte and the painter Albert Bierstadt.
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