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American author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882), wrote one of the most persistently popular nonfiction narratives in American letters, Two Years before the Mast. He was also an adviser ...
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Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1 August 1815-6 January 1882), author and lawyer, was the son of Richard Henry Dana, Sr., a minor poet and founder of the North American Review. Dana received his elementary e...
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In 1834 a well-bred Harvard undergraduate from one of New England's most prominent literary families decided to leave that hallowed college for an extended voyage as a common sailor on a merchantman b...
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The enduring critical reputation of Richard Henry Dana Jr. derives largely from his popular memoir Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (1840), a work addressing what Edgar A...
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In the following preface to his first collection of poems, first published in 1827 and reissued in 1850 with a second volume of his poetry, Dana expresses his hopes for the public's favorable r...
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In the following excerpt, the author favorably reviews Dana's poetry and prose, calling him "one of the best writers of the day. "
Mr. Dana is a poet in the true sense of the term...
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In the following favorable review, the author praises Dana's poetic diction, his style, and his artistic character.
Our first remark is, that Mr. Dana's language is made up in a great de...
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In the following excerpt Stoddard provides a critical overview of Dana's literary career, noting especially the influence of Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" on &#...
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In the following excerpt, Charvat provides an overview of Dana's work as a literary critic and examines the critical value of Dana's unpublished lectures on Shakespeare.
Dana was a . . ....
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In the following excerpt, Hunter addresses Dana's early espousal of romanticism and his later conversion to evangelical Christianity.
Like so many writers and artists of their generation, Dana ...
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In the following excerpt, Ferguson compares Dana's early romanticism with his later thoughts on legal theory, contrasting the gothic story "Paul Felton" (1822), with the essay &#x...
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Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Critical Essay by Richard Henry Dana, Sr.
