The Biglow Papers

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American literature epistolary work poetry collection satirical work

The Biglow Papers is a satirical collection of dialect poems and prose by James Russell Lowell that critiques the Mexican–American War and contemporary politics in mid-19th-century America.

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Label Occurrences
The Biglow Papers canonical 7
The Biglow Papers, First Series 2
The Biglow Papers, Second Series 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American literature ⓘ
epistolary work ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
satirical work ⓘ
author James Russell Lowell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizes Mexican–American War ⓘ
expansionism ⓘ
mid-19th-century American politics ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
war policy of the United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Birdofredum Sawin ⓘ
Parson Wilbur ⓘ
firstSeriesPublicationYear 1848 ⓘ
form dialect poems ⓘ
prose sketches ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
prose ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasIllustrations yes ⓘ
hasNarrativeFrame editorial commentary by Parson Wilbur ⓘ
hasPart First Series ⓘ
Second Series ⓘ
Third Series ⓘ
inCanonOf 19th-century American poetry ⓘ
influenced American political satire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
New England life ⓘ
surface form: New England literary tradition
mainCharacter Hosea Biglow ⓘ
notableFor anti-war sentiment ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
use of regional dialect ⓘ
originalMedium The Boston Courier ⓘ
placeOfSetting New England ⓘ
publicationCity Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1846 ⓘ
publisher George Nichols ⓘ
secondSeriesPublicationYear 1862 ⓘ
settingPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
theme patriotism and hypocrisy ⓘ
regional identity ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
war and conscience ⓘ
thirdSeriesPublicationYear 1867 ⓘ
timeOfAction Mexican–American War era ⓘ
usesDialect Yankee dialect ⓘ

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James Russell Lowell → notableWork → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
Parson Wilbur → appearsIn → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
Parson Wilbur → workOfFiction → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
Parson Wilbur → firstAppearanceWork → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
Birdofredum Sawin → appearsIn → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
Birdofredum Sawin → publicationContext → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Biglow Papers, First Series
Hosea Biglow → appearsIn → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
Hosea Biglow → firstAppearanceWork → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
Hosea Biglow → relatedWork → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Biglow Papers, First Series
Hosea Biglow → relatedWork → The Biglow Papers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Biglow Papers, Second Series