“IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction.”
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Carl Clinton Van Doren
Carl Clinton Van Doren was an American literary critic and scholar. Born on September 10, 1885, and died on July 18, 1950, Van Doren was renowned for his profound insights into American literature and his contributions to literary criticism. more
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