From Home and Abroad American and British Writers in Philadelphia 1800-1910

by Burke, John J.

• ISBN13: 9780819195913
• ISBN10: 081919591X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-28
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book is a detailed account of the visits of twenty-one famous writers--four British and seventeen American--who visited Philadelphia. Burke focuses on the literary history of Philadelphia. Contents: Preface; Passing Through; Thomas Moore; Washington Irving; Ralph Waldo Emerson; (Amos) Bronson Alcott; James Fenimore Cooper; Edgar Allan Poe; John Greenleaf Whittier; Charles Dickens; James Russell Lowell; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; William Makepeace Thackeray; Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain); Henry David Thoreau; Emily Dickinson; Walt Whitman; William Dean Howells; Oscar Wilde; Edith Wharton; Theodore Dreiser; William Carlos Williams; Henry James.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Passing Through	p. 7
Thomas Moore	p. 17
Washington Irving	p. 19
Ralph Waldo Emerson	p. 23
(Amos) Bronson Alcott	p. 27
James Fenimore Cooper	p. 33
Edgar Allan Poe	p. 39
John Greenleaf Whittier	p. 43
Charles Dickens	p. 47
James Russell Lowell	p. 51
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	p. 53
William Makepeace Thackeray	p. 55
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)	p. 59
Henry David Thoreau	p. 63
Emily Dickinson	p. 67
Walt Whitman	p. 69
William Dean Howells	p. 77
Oscar Wilde	p. 81
Edith Wharton	p. 85
Theodore Dreiser	p. 87
William Carlos Williams	p. 95
Henry James	p. 99
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