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James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

AmericanFebruary 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891Poetry

American poet, critic, and diplomat who wrote the satirical Biglow Papers in Yankee dialect. He was a founding editor of The Atlantic Monthly and one of the Fireside Poets.

Works

  • The Biglow PapersSatirical papers critiquing American political and social issues through rural dialect→
  • A Fable for CriticsMock-heroic poem humorously evaluating American poets and literary figures→
  • The Vision of Sir LaunfalAllegorical poem about a knight's quest for charity and spiritual redemption→
  • Poems→

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow·Ralph Waldo Emerson·Oliver Wendell Holmes
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