Maryland literature

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

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]

Awards and events

The Maryland General Assembly created the position of Poet Laureate of Maryland in 1959.[6] The Baltimore Book Festival began around 1996.

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See also

References

  1. Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  2. Baldwin 2001.
  3. Lawrence C. Wroth (1938), "Diffusion of Printing", The Colonial Printer, Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press via Internet Archive (Fulltext)
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Maryland State Archives, "Maryland at a Glance: Literature", Maryland Manual On-Line, Annapolis, MD, retrieved March 11, 2017

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