Bøger af Walter Fuller Taylor

From the Founding Fathers to modern-day novelists, American literature has produced some of the world's greatest writers. In this engrossing volume, Walter Taylor Fuller traces the development of American letters, illuminating the lives and works of the men and women who created our literary heritage. From James Fenimore Cooper to Ernest Hemingway, Story of American Letters is a celebration of the power of the written word.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Much has been written about America's Gilded Age - that turbulent period from 1870 to 1900 when the great fortunes were built and monopolies founded. Taylor reexamines the period through the work of its novelists - Mark Twain, Edward Bellamy, Frank Norris, and a host of lesser figures. This book sharply questions many of our present ideas about the time. Originally published in 1942.