Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Papers - The Early Political and Literary Career of Thomas Dunn English (1953)

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THE EARLY POLITICAL AND LITERARY CAREER

OF

THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH

William H. Gravely, Jr., B. A., M. A.

A Dissertation Presented to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Virginia In Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

1953

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[ABSTRACT			a01

PREFACE			iii

CHAPTER
	I.	Ancestry, Birth, and Early Years	1
	II.	The Beginnings of a Varied Career	33
	III.	English and the Administration of John Tyler — Politics and Journalism in Philadelphia	96
	IV.	English and the Administration of John Tyler — Politics and Journalism in New York	165
	V.	Political Activities during Polk's Administration — Winter in Washington	228
	VI.	English and Poe — The Philadelphia Period	260
	VII.	The Genesis of “Ben Bolt” — Creative Achievement and Literary Relationships during the Early l840's	373
	VIII.	English and Poe in New York — The Aristidean and The Broadway Journal	430
	IX.	The Final Break between English and Poe — The War of the Literati	531
	X.	Final Years as a Resident of Philadelphia — O, Motley Tom!	671

BIBLIOGRAPHY			772

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The dedication for the disserations reads:

To

James Southall Wilson

Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.

William Southworth Hunt, in mem.

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Notes:

William Henry Gravely, Jr. (1903-1990) was born in Martinsburg, VA. He married Elizabeth Jane Nisbet (1913-2004) on September 6, 1939. Both are buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Martinsville, VA. He was a long-time professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his B. A. from William and Mary (1925), and his M. A. from the University of Virginia (after 1931 and before 1936). He was granted his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1953. He was, for several years, the “Master of English” at the Norfolk Academy, until 1931, when he joined the University of Virginia as an instructor of English, working on his Master's degree. He was at the University of Maryland by 1941. He died of cancer at his home in College Park, MD.

Technically, the contents of this disseration are protected by copyright, but with Dr. Gravely himself having died in 1990, and there being no readily identifiable heir or estate, it has not been possible to secure formal permission. The University of Virginia was contacted prior to initiating this electronic edition. Although that institution was very interested in the project, it could not assert any claims over copyright, and was therefore unable to grant formal approval. This text, then, is presented under a broad assumption of fair use, and with the idea that Dr. Gravely would have been pleased to have his work widely available for use in terms of personal, academic and educational purposes and without any charge for access. If a reasonable claim for copyright can be documented, please contact the Poe Society of Baltimore to arrange for permission, or to request that we remove the material.

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