John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American poet whose humanitarianism and great popular appeal established him as an important 19th-century figure. John Greenleaf Whittier was born on a farm near Haverhill, Mass., on Dec. 17, 1807, of poor Quake...
John Greenleaf Whittier's importance to America's cultural life, and the claim he makes on our remembrance, is at least twofold. In the first place his life was and remains a model of dedication to the twin principles of freedom and tolerance. In the lon...
Although John Greenleaf Whittier's reputation as a poet declined drastically in the twentieth century, his career is of continuing interest as an example of the writer functioning as a deeply committed reform activist. In the thirty-year struggle to abol...
Edited and introduced by Tom Quirk. New York: Penguin, 1994. xxxv + 410 pages. $10.95 paper. This superb new collection counters Twain's own definition of a literary "classic": it is a book everyone will want to read. Scrupulously edited by a distinguished Twainian,...
Kate Bernheimer. The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold. FC2, 2001. 192 pp. Paper: $11.95. The tales in The Complete Tales ofKetzia Gold, Kate Bernheimer's intriguing first novel, are the stories Ketzia tells about herself as child and adult and the stories an omniscient...
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