Maryland literature
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The literature of Maryland, United States, includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors include John Barth, H. L. Mencken, and Edgar Allan Poe.[1][2]
History
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A printing press began operating in St. Mary's City, Maryland, in 1685.[3] Colonial-era writers included George Alsop (Character of the Province of Maryland, 1666); Ebenezer Cooke (Sot-Weed Factor, 1708).[4]
Literary figures of the antebellum period included John Pendleton Kennedy (Swallow Barn, 1832); Edward Coote Pinkney (1802-1828).[5] And most notably, Edgar Allan Poe of Baltimore, whom John Pendelton Kennedy supported financially for years.
Awards and events
[edit]The Maryland General Assembly created the position of Poet Laureate of Maryland in 1959.[6] The Baltimore Book Festival began around 1996.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Category:Writers from Maryland
- List of newspapers in Maryland
- Category:Maryland in fiction
- Category:Libraries in Maryland
- Southern United States literature
- American literary regionalism
References
[edit]- ^ Federal Writers' Project 1940.
- ^ Baldwin 2001.
- ^ Lawrence C. Wroth (1938), "Diffusion of Printing", The Colonial Printer, Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive (Fulltext)
- ^ Charles Reagan Wilson; William Ferris, eds. (1989). "Beginnings of Southern Literature". Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807818232 – via Documenting the American South.
- ^ Charles Reagan Wilson; William Ferris, eds. (1989). "Antebellum Era". Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807818232 – via Documenting the American South.
- ^ Maryland State Archives, "Maryland at a Glance: Literature", Maryland Manual On-Line, Annapolis, MD, retrieved March 11, 2017
Bibliography
[edit]- Henry Elliot Shepherd (1911). Representative Authors of Maryland. New York: Whitehall Publishing Company.
- Lucian Lamar Knight, ed. (1913). "Fifty Reading Courses: Maryland". Library of Southern Literature. Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 198+. hdl:2027/uc1.31175034925258 – via HathiTrust.
- Elsie Dershem (1921). "Maryland". Outline of American State Literature. Lawrence, Kansas: World Company – via Internet Archive.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940). "Literature". Maryland: a Guide to the Old Line State. American Guide Series. NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 131+. hdl:2027/mdp.39015054402659.
- G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about Maryland literature)
- Frank R. Shivers Jr. (1985). Maryland Wits & Baltimore Bards.
- K. Huntress Baldwin (2001). "Literature of Maryland". In Joseph M. Flora; Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan (eds.). Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 472-477. ISBN 978-0-8071-2692-9.
External links
[edit]- "Maryland Authors". Guides. University of Maryland Libraries.
- United for Libraries (27 February 2009). "Literary Landmarks by State: Maryland". Chicago: American Library Association.
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