Sketches at Home and Abroad
A Critical Edition of Selections from the Writings of Nathaniel Parker Willis
Jon Miller
9781931968751
190 pages
University of Akron Press
Overview
Critics and general readers highly regarded the poetry and prose of Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806“1867) during the American Renaissance of creative literature in the decades before the Civil War. As an editor and frequent contributor to one of the young nation's most successful and elegant literary magazines, The New-York Mirror, Willis achieved an international reputation for his witty and worldly tales and letters. This new edition collects outstanding examples of Willis's short fiction written at the peak of his abilities. This scholarly edition of important short fiction by N. P. Willis includes a general introduction and many short essays describing literary and historical contexts that provide information for the modern reader. This is the first in the University of Akron Press's Critical Editions in Early American Literature series.
Author Bio
Jon Miller is an associate professor of English at the University of Akron. He teaches American literature and culture from its beginnings to 1933. His research concerns the role of creative literature in the social history of alcohol in America.
