"The Critic" Essay on American Literature by Emma Lazarus, June 18, 1881 (Page 1 of 2)

"The Critic" Essay on American Literature by Emma Lazarus, June 18, 1881 (Page 1 of 2)

An essay in The Critic by Emma Lazarus titled "American Literature" publish June 18, 1881. In her essay "American Literature" she passionately defended the fresh, distinctly American tradition she found emerging in authors like Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Lazarus, Emma
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The Critic
Published Fortnightly. Office, No. 757 Broadway. Entered as Second-class Mail Matter at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y.
NEW YORK, JUNE 18, 1881
AMERICAN LITERATURE

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