A series by Clyde Wilson EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809–1849) of Virginia was the great creative genius of 19th century American literature in poetry, fiction, and criticism. Although accidentally born in Boston and spending part of… »
A series by Clyde Wilson EDWARD COOTE PINKNEY (1802-1828) of Maryland was born and partly raised in England where his father, William Pinkney, was the U.S. Minister. After publishing a good deal of poetry, he… »
A series by Clyde Wilson RICHARD HENRY WILDE (1789–1847) of Georgia gave up a successful career as lawyer and Congressman to pursue the Muse in Europe. This poem, though perhaps out of fashion, was praised… »
A series by Clyde Wilson WASHINGTON ALLSTON (1779–1843) of South Carolina was one of the most important of early American painters. The first two poems were written in response to his first viewing of major… »
A series by Clyde Wilson FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (1779-1843) of Maryland. The story is well known how Key composed “The Star-Spangled Banner” after he witnessed the repulse of the British attack on Fort McHenry in… »
A series by Clyde Wilson Homage to Revolutionary Heroes DOLLEY PAYNE MADISON (1768—1849) was the wife of President James Madison. Lafayette Born, nurtured, wedded, prized, within the pale Of peers and princes, high in… »
A review of Good Things Out of Nazareth: The Uncollected Letters of Flannery O’Connor and Friends (Convergent Books, 2019) edited by Benjamin Alexander. One of the more agreeable and important books about literature to emerge… »
A Series by Clyde Wilson UNKNOWN WRITER, 1781 The Battle of King’s Mountain ‘T was on a pleasant mountainThe Tory heathens lay,With a doughty major at their head,One Forguson, they say. Cornwallis had detach’d himA-thieving… »
EBENEZER COOKE (fl. ca. l 680s–1730s?) of Maryland is a major figure in Colonial American literature. He is best known for the long satirical poem “The Sot-Weed Factor.” (The sot-weed is tobacco, mainstay of the… »
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