| Maryland Wits and Baltimore Bards: A Literary History with Notes on Washington Writers Contributor(s): Shivers, Frank R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801858100 ISBN-13: 9780801858109 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: In this first comprehensive literary history of Baltimore and Maryland (with notes on Washington writers), Frank R. Shivers, Jr., explores the region's long-overlooked but substantial contribution to American letters. In picture and story, Shivers's lively account ranges from the colonial satire of Ebenezer Cook, to the National Anthem of Francis Scott Key, to the acclaimed works of Poe, Mencken, and Fitzgerald. Here are surprising stories of Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Dashiell Hammett, Gertrude Stein, John Dos Passos, and other writers influenced by Chesapeake culture - an influence still fresh in the work of such contemporary writers as John Barth, Anne Tyler, and Russell Baker. "Nothing", wrote Gertrude Stein, "really can stop anyone living and feeling as they do in Baltimore". As entertaining as it is informative, Maryland Wits & Baltimore Bards shows us why. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 810.997 |
| LCCN: 97026678 |
| Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.01" W x 8.96" (1.10 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Maryland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this first comprehensive literary history of Baltimore and Maryland (with notes on Washington writers), Frank R. Shivers, Jr., explores the region's long-overlooked but substantial contribution to American letters. In picture and story, Shivers's lively account ranges from the colonial satire of Ebenezer Cook, to the National Anthem of Francis Scott Key, to the acclaimed works of Poe, Mencken, and Fitzgerald. Here are surprising stories of Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Dashiel Hammett, Gertrude Stein, John Dos Passos, and other writers influenced by Chesapeake culture--an influence still fresh in the work of such contemporary writers as John Barth, Anne Tyler, and Russell Baker. "Nothing," wrote Gertrude Stein, "really can stop anyone living and feeling as they do in Baltimore." As entertaining as it is informative, Maryland Wits and Baltimore Bards shows us why. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shivers, Frank R.: - Winner of the Baltimore City Historical Society 2003 History Honor, Frank Remer Shivers, Jr., has taught in adult education programs at the Johns Hopkins University, where he was named "Teacher of the Year." He is coauthor of The Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History and author of Maryland Wits & Baltimore Bards: A Literary History with Notes on Washington Writers and Walking in Baltimore: An Intimate Guide to the Old City, all published by Johns Hopkins. |