Project Gutenberg 2022-08-04 Public domain in the USA. 766 Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry) 1859 1941 Vincent, Leon Henry 06008155 American literary masters $aUnited States :$bHoughton Mifflin & Company,$c1906. Washington Irving -- William Cullen Bryant -- James Fenimore Cooper -- George Bancroft -- William Hickling Prescott -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Edgar Allan Poe -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- John Greenleaf Whittier -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Henry David Thoreau -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- John Lothrop Motley -- Francis Parkman -- Bayard Taylor -- George William Curtis -- Donald Grant Mitchell -- James Russell Lowell -- Walt Whitman. Charlene Taylor, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "American Literary Masters" by Leon H. Vincent is a collection of literary essays written in the early 20th century. This work examines the contributions of several significant American authors to the literary landscape over a transformative fifty-year period, focusing on figures like Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The essays provide insights into the lives, characters, and literary styles of these masters, reflecting on how their works shaped American literature. The opening of the book presents a comprehensive preface that sets the stage for the ensuing studies of prominent American authors, beginning with Washington Irving. Vincent notes the importance of these authors in defining an important half-century of American literary life, starting with Irving's "A History of New York" published in 1809. He acknowledges influences from modern French criticism in his writing approach. The text introduces Irving's biographical details, his early struggles, his literary ambitions, and the critical reception of his works, painting a portrait of a figure who significantly contributed to American letters while navigating the complexities of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/americanliterary0000vinc_e9a9/page/n7/mode/2up 20210127221911vincent 1906 US Reading ease score: 60.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Authors, American American literature -- History and criticism PS Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 852131 2025-07-27T08:14:44.346216 text/html 810492 2024-10-18T23:44:28 text/html 583013 2025-07-27T08:14:59.567178 application/epub+zip 576153 2025-07-27T08:14:47.683201 application/epub+zip 424360 2025-07-27T08:14:45.916274 application/epub+zip 701878 2025-07-27T08:15:07.495194 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657471 2025-07-27T08:14:57.902146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 595976 2022-09-30T21:54:54.943138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686556 2025-07-27T08:14:42.480234 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 666552 2024-10-18T23:44:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17201 2025-07-27T08:15:07.668099 application/rdf+xml 4302 2025-07-27T08:14:46.207415 image/jpeg 1206 2025-07-27T08:14:46.061242 image/jpeg 536484 2025-07-27T08:14:44.410243 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog