Maryland Wits and Baltimore Bards: A Literary History with Notes on Washington Writers

by Frank R. Shivers Jr.

Book Overview

A lively account of Maryland's long-overlooked but substantial contribution to American letters.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801858100
• ISBN13: 9780801858109
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher