![Literary Giant: Walt Whitman]( "Literary Giant: Walt Whitman")
- WaltWhitmanisbothamajorpoetandanoutstandingpersonalityinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Herosefromobscuritytomonumentalfame,comingtoberecognizedasanationalfigure.Hisachievementisgreat,althoughithasbeensometimesobscuredbyunfair,hostilecriticism—or,con...
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![Literary Giant: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]( "Literary Giant: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow")
- ProbablythebestlovedofAmericanpoetstheworldoverisHenryWadsworthLongfellow.ManyofhislinesareasfamiliartousasrhymesfromMotherGooseorthewordsofnurserysongslearnedinearlychildhood.Liketheserhymesandmelodies,theyremaininthememoryandaccompanyusthroughlife....
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![Literary Giant: Washington Irving]( "Literary Giant: Washington Irving")
- Introduction<?XML:NAMESPACEPREFIX=O/>InspiteofIrving'sseventeenyearsinEurope,hissearchfornativethemesledhimtocontributeimportantlytoportraitureoftheAmericanIndian.AlthoughhisfirsthandobservationofIndianswaslimited,hewasliberatedohmthepioneer'sneedt...
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![Literary Giant: Nathaniel Hawthorne]( "Literary Giant: Nathaniel Hawthorne")
- NathanielHawthornewasbornonJuly4,1804inSalem,Massachusetts,thedescendentofalonglineofPuritanancestors,includingJohnHathorne,apresidingmagistrateintheSalemwitchtrials.Afterhisfatherwaslostatseawhenhewasonlyfour,hismotherbecameoverlyprotectiveandpushed...
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