Literary Giant: Nathaniel Hawthorne
NathanielHawthornewasbornonJuly4,1804inSalem,Massachusetts,thedescendentofalonglineofPuritanancestors,includingJohnHathorne,apresidingmagistrateintheSalemwitchtrials.Afterhisfatherwaslostatseawhenhewa...
Literary Giant: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
ProbablythebestlovedofAmericanpoetstheworldoverisHenryWadsworthLongfellow.ManyofhislinesareasfamiliartousasrhymesfromMotherGooseorthewordsofnurserysongslearnedinearlychildhood.Liketheserhymesandmelodi...
Literary Giant: Walt Whitman
WaltWhitmanisbothamajorpoetandanoutstandingpersonalityinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Herosefromobscuritytomonumentalfame,comingtoberecognizedasanationalfigure.Hisachievementisgreat,althoughithasbeen...
Literary Giant: Washington Irving
Introduction<?XML:NAMESPACEPREFIX=O/>InspiteofIrving'sseventeenyearsinEurope,hissearchfornativethemesledhimtocontributeimportantlytoportraitureoftheAmericanIndian.AlthoughhisfirsthandobservationofInd...