Poets of America

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"Poets of America" is a critical and historical survey of American poetry by Edmund Clarence Stedman, offering influential assessments of 19th-century American poets and their work.

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Poets of America canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf critical survey ⓘ
historical survey ⓘ
literary criticism book ⓘ
aimsTo define a canon of American poets ⓘ
evaluate literary merit of American poetry ⓘ
assesses American women poets of the 19th century ⓘ
Bayard Taylor ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
Fitz-Greene Halleck ⓘ
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ
James Russell Lowell ⓘ
John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
Sidney Lanier ⓘ
Walt Whitman ⓘ
William Cullen Bryant ⓘ
author Edmund Clarence Stedman ⓘ
bibliographicCategory American literary criticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalApproach historical-critical method ⓘ
describes American poetic tradition ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1885 ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod 19th century ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
literary history ⓘ
hasPart biographical sketches of poets ⓘ
critical essays on individual poets ⓘ
historical overview of American poetry ⓘ
influenced reception of 19th-century American poets ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject 19th-century American poets ⓘ
American poetry ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive treatment of American poets of its time ⓘ
influential 19th-century critical judgments ⓘ
periodCoveredEnd late 19th century ⓘ
periodCoveredStart early 19th century ⓘ
placeOfPublication Boston ⓘ
New York ⓘ
provides critical assessments of American poets ⓘ
historical context for American poetry ⓘ
publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Company ⓘ
linked to: Houghton Mifflin
relatedWork Victorian Poets ⓘ
relatedWorkAuthor Edmund Clarence Stedman ⓘ
targetAudience general readers interested in poetry ⓘ
students of literature ⓘ
timeOfAuthorship late 19th century ⓘ

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Edmund Clarence Stedman → notableWork → Poets of America ⓘ
Edmund Clarence Stedman → wrote → Poets of America ⓘ
Victorian Poets → relatedWorkByAuthor → Poets of America ⓘ