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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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 NERFINISHED
Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED
Fitz-Greene Halleck NERFINISHED
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow NERFINISHED
James Russell Lowell NERFINISHED
John Greenleaf Whittier NERFINISHED
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. NERFINISHED
Ralph Waldo Emerson NERFINISHED
Sidney Lanier NERFINISHED
Walt Whitman NERFINISHED
William Cullen Bryant NERFINISHED
author Edmund Clarence Stedman NERFINISHED
bibliographicCategory American literary criticism
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
provides critical assessments of American poets
historical context for American poetry
publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Company NERFINISHED
relatedWork Victorian Poets NERFINISHED
relatedWorkAuthor Edmund Clarence Stedman NERFINISHED
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