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The Prose Writers of America with a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the Country.

The Prose Writers of America with a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the Country.

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The Prose Writers of America with a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the Country.

by Griswold, Rufus Wilmot

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Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1857. Prose Writers of America was first published in 1847 (this is the 4th and last edition.) And was specifically designed to compete with a similar anthology by Cornelius Mathews and Evert Augustus Duyckinck. Editor/author Rufus Wilmot Griswold was an influential editor but less than civil and scrupulous, he outed Walt Whitman (although apparently it took one to know one) and is perhaps best remembered today for defaming Egdar Allan Poe, even becoming Poe's literary executor under less than ethical circumstances. We couldn't find anyone to say anything nice about him: http://www.answers.com/topic/rufus-griswold & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Griswold & http://www.poeforward.com/poe/griswold.html & http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poegrisw.htm although there is a lot of interesting reading. This volume was one of his last works, a piece of somewhat controversial literary history. Green cloth with decorative gilt on front and back covers and spine. Bevelled edges. Soil to covers; chipping and wear to head and heel of spine, wear to corners, edgewear. Interesting cover with a cameo-like circular cut out (both front and back covers) with gilt floral inet. Pencilled price on fep. Frontispiece of Washington Irving. Some foxing to frontispiece, title pages (about the first few pages of the book and the last several.) 552 toned pages with double borders. We noted two previously folded page corners, a pencilled x on the margin of the first contents page and a wrinkle on contents page. Sewn binding with slightly weak endpapers. Gilt stain all around is a bit dull. The type size for this volume is on the small size, about 8 points, is our guess. Authors include: William Ellery Channing; Daniel Webster; John James Audubon; Joseph Stevens Buckminster; Andrews Norton; John Anderson; T. B. Thorpe; Edward Everett; Orville Dewey; James Fenimore Cooper; Caroline M Kirkland; E.P. Whipple; John Sanderson; William H. Prescott; Catherine M. Sedgwick; William Cullen Bryant; James Hall; more. Several illustrations including portraits of Joseph Story; President Edwards; John James Audubon; James Fenimore Cooper; William H. Prescott; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Charles Fenno Hoffman. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Title
The Prose Writers of America with a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the Country.
Author
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot
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Hardcover
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Used - Good
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Publisher
Parry & McMillan
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
1857
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