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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 44 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 14 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 2 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 6: the short story (search)
short story ever written in America. Francis Bret Harte See also Book III, Chap. V. was born the work of the older poets and romancers. Harte came to the short story by way of Irving. Hisby swift change and by unexpected turns. With Harte paradox became almost a mannerism. Everywhereall in a moment, profanity. The weakness of Harte was his lack of sincerity and of moral backgrothe showman. Great as has been his influence, Harte cannot rank with the supreme masters of the shent of Cable as The luck of Roaring camp is of Harte. Cable's technique and his atmospheres may hawritten it, and the new local colour school of Harte, which was going more and more to extremes. Awas published in the Atlantic five years after Harte's sensational debut. A trivial thing it was cn that he had used it as a prentice exercise. Harte no sooner had gained recognition than he beganord material for a Richardson or a Thackeray. Harte and Charles Egbert Craddock and most of the ot[12 more...]