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Literary Friends And Acquaintance
Author | : William Dean Howells |
Publisher | : Jazzybee Verlag |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 3849657698 |
Mr. William Dean Howells has written many books of several kinds which have entertained a great many people of all kinds, but no single book of any kind in which his various talents appear to such advantage to themselves and enjoyment of their readers as in his 'Literary Friends and Acquaintance', which, briefly described as a personal retrospect of American authorship, is in reality a series of portraits and miniatures of American men, women and, figuratively, in some cases, children of the pen, a gallery of literary likenesses, drawn from life, with a skillful but kindly pencil, and in the light that lingers like a halo around their lessening memories. Mr. Howells divides his retrospects into eight parts, and being personal they are in a sense chronological — successive records of his autorial career, the steps of his journeys into the domain of authorship, and his impressions of certain of their inhabitants, of their individualities — their work, or play, or whatever else seemed to distinguish them at the moment from the profane or vulgar, who did not write for fame, or scribble for bread. The headings of these parts, or chapters, are indications of these journeys, which were eastward, Mr. Howells' course of empire reversing that of Bishop Berkeley, which took its way westward, the first being entitled '"My First Visit to New England," the second "First Impressions of Literary New York," the third and fourth "Roundabout to Boston" and "Literary Boston as I Knew It," and so on through separate personal chapters devoted to Holmes, Longfellow and Lowell, the last being a gathering-in of Mr. Howells' "Cambridge Neighbors."
Literary Friends and Acquaintance
Author | : William Dean Howells |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781019491317 |
A memoir by acclaimed American author William Dean Howells, describing his friendships with fellow writers including Mark Twain, Henry James, and Emily Dickinson. Offers an insider's perspective on the literary scene in 19th-century America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
LITERARY FRIENDS and ACQUAINTANCES--Cambridge Neighbors
Author | : William Dean Howells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2013-06-14 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781490301808 |
Literary Friends and Acquaintances
Author | : William Dean Howells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1968-08 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : 9780253335500 |
States the author: If there was any one in the world who had his being more wholly in literature than I had in 1860 I am sure I should not have known where to find him