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19th Century American Authors Literature Educational Posters
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19th Century American Authors educational biographical posters of Louisa May Alcott, William Cullen Bryant, Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, and Walt Whitman.
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Louisa May Alcott
b. 11-29-1832; PA
d. 3-6-1888, MA
“My lady...had yet to learn that money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite of external drawbacks.” Little Women
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LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERATURE BOOKS
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Kate Chopin
b. 2-8-1851; St. Louis, MO
d. 8-22-1904; St. Louis, MO
“But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!”
The Awakening
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Nathaniel Hawthorne -
b. July 4, 1804; Salem, Massachusetts
d. 5-19-1864; Plymouth, NH
Poster Text:
"Life is made up of marble and mud." The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne earned his greatest fame for two novels: The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851). But he was also a gifted short story writer, publishing more than 100 stories and sketches for magazines between 1825 an 1850. Many of his stories dealt with moral conflicts in colonial New England, where he spent much of his life. Most were collected in Twice-Told Tales (1837, 1842), Mosses from an Old Manse (1846), and The Snow Image (1851). In his stories, Hawthorne often explored such themes as the power of the imagination, the conflict between good an evil, and the role of the artist. His writing has been compared with that of Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving, two other great 19th-centruy writers. As a young man, Hawthorne led a fairly quiet, secluded life in his birthplace of Salem, Massachusetts, His first novel, Fanshawe, was published in 1828 at his own expense, In 1842, he married and moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where he continued writing. then he lived in both England and Italy for a time before returning to Concord in 1860. His last major novel, The Marble Faun, was published that year. Hawthorne died in Concord in 1864 at the age of 59.
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Washington Irving -
b. 4-3-1783; NYC
d. 11-29-1859; NY
Poster Text: "Whenever a man's friends begin to com;iment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old." - Bachelors
During the 19th century, author Washington Irving became known for his humorous stories and for essays making fun of New York society. Irving worked as a lawyer in New York City for a time, but his love for writing led him to leave his law practice in 1809. That same year his first book, Knickerbocker's History of Hew York, was published. Irving's most famous works include the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," both of which are in the collection titled, The Sketch Book (1819-1820). "Rip Van Winkle" tells about a man who falls asleep for twenty years and wakes up to discover that the American Revolution has taken place. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" finds awkward schoolmaster Ichabod Crane frightened by a headless horseman. the success of The Sketch Book helped the short story gain popularity with American writers, readers, and critics. Washington Irving loved to travel, and throughout his life he visited many countries. European traditions and authors influenced his work. For example, "Rip Van Winkle" an "The legend of Sleepy Hollow" are actually based on German folk tales. Irving became a U.S. diplomat in Spain in 1826, and his writing from this time show his interest in Spanish topics. When he returned to New York in 1832, he wrote history and biography. He then served as the U.S. minister to Spain for four years beginning in 1842. Irving died in 1859, soon after finishing a five-volume biography of George Washington. He was 76 years old.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-
b. 2-27-1807; Portland, ME
d. 3-24-1882; Massachusetts
Poster Text:
"My own thougts
Are my companions; my designs and labours
And aspirations are my only friends."-
The Masque of Pandorn
No other American poet has been as popular as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was at the peak of his career. During his lifetime, Longfellow's poetry was translated into 24 languages, and he became the first American poet to be honored in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey in London. Longfellow grew up in Portland, in what is now Maine. It was in college that he decided on a writing career. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825 and then became a language professor there. In 1836, he began to teach modern languages at Harvard. Meanwhile, his reputation as a poet was growing. His first collection of poems, Voices of the Night, was published in 1839. It sold 43,000 copies. A second collection, Ballads and other Poems, published in 1842, was also a big seller. Longfellow's poetry is quite varied. H wrote ballads and other simple poems on popular subjects such as "Paul Revere's Ride" and "The Village Blacksmith." He also wrote long, narrative poems such as The Courtship of Miles Standish, and The Song of Hiawatha. In 1854, he left teaching to write and enjoy a quiet life surrounded by friends from the literary world. The great tragedy for him during these years was the death of his wife in a fire. Longfellow grew his famous beard to cover scars left by the burns he suffered while trying to save her. After her death, he dealt with his grief by translating Dante's Divine Comedy. The sonnets he wrote as a preface to it show the sad mood of his later years. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died in 1882 at the age of 75.
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Herman Melville
b. 8-1-1819; NYC
d. 9-28-1891; NYC
Poster Text: "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No good an enduring volumes can ever be written on the flea, though many there nay be that have tried it." - Moby Dick
When many people think of author Herman Melville, they think of his legendary sea story, Moby Dick. Indeed, Moby Dick is often called the Great American Novel. But in much of his other writing, Herman Melville was just as skilled in blending fact, fiction, and adventure, and his reputation should be based on more than this one book. Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. He left school at age 13 to find work after his father's death. He worked in a bank, for a family farm, and even as a teacher for a short time. At age 18 he set out to sea, first on a short cargo trip, and then on a three-year South Sea whaling adventure. Much of the material for his early books Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847) came from his experiences while on this long voyage. He also wrote about his sea adventures in Moby Dick (1851), Pierre (1852), and his collected stories, The Piazza Tales (1856). Other books include The Confidence Man (1857), and Battle-Pieces (1866), a collection of poetry. In his later years, Herman Melville worked as a customs inspector on the New York docks, only occasionally writing poetry. His death in 1891 at age 72 went virtually unnoticed. Melville's final novel, Billy Budd, Sailor, was left unpublished; it was released in 1924. Sadly, it was not until the 1930s that Herman Melville came to be known not only as an outstanding writer of the sea, but also a keen social observer and philosopher.
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