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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
lism in the novel, was the foremost writer of the day. All these forces prompted Herne to deal with the fundamentals of character in his dramatic work. He became interested, as Maeterlinck would say, in conditions of soul. His dialogue in Margaret Fleming (Lynn, Mass., 4 July, 1880), rang true, instinct with homely life; his Griffith Davenport (Washington, D. C., 16 January, 1899）—a drama of the Civil War based not on external action but on inward struggle—was filled with sincerity; his Shore Acres (Chicago, 23 May, 1892）—which, because of the precieuse success of Margaret Fleming, made concessions to the old-time melodrama, had passages of dominant realism, simple conversation warm with human meaning, which have not been surpassed by an American playwright thus far. The popular notion is that Herne wrote by gosh drama of the type of The Vermont Wool-Dealer and Denman Thompson's Old Homestead (Boston, 5 April, 1885). But that is farthest from a true comparison, for Herne's observ
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Sheldon, Edward, 267, 293, 294, 296 Shelley, 41, 43, 64, 109, 260 Shenandoah, 266, 269, 275, 278 Shepherd's contemplation, the, 430 Sheridan, P. H., 96, 126, 182 Sheridan, 50 Sheridan's ride, 48 Sherlock Holmes, 286 Sherman, Frank Dempster, 52 Sherman, John, 343, 351, 363 Sherman, Roger, 427 Sherman, W. T., 182 Sherman, 50 Sherwin, 500 Sherzer, Jane, 480 n. Shifting and Incidence of taxation, the, 443 Ship in the desert, the, 154 Sho-gun, the, 289 Shore Acres, 285 Short, Charles Lancaster, 461, 463 Short history of paper money and banking, a, 438 Short introduction to the Latin tongue, a, 390, 444 Shut your mouth, 149 Siberia, 608 Siberian exile system, the, 165 Sights and scenes in the Goldregions, 145 Siljestrom, 406 Sill, E. R., 31, 53, 56-59, 64, 245 Siller, Franz, 581 Silver and Gold, 440 Silver Dagger, the, 512 Silver Pound, the, 440 Silver question, the, 440 Silver situation, the, 443 Simms, E. D., 479