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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] And most notably, Edgar Allan Poe of Baltimore, whom John Pendelton Kennedy supported financially for years.

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

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

Bibliography

Henry Elliot Shepherd (1911). Representative Authors of Maryland. New York: Whitehall Publishing Company.
Lucian Lamar Knight, ed. (1913). "Fifty Reading Courses: Maryland". Library of Southern Literature. Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 198+. hdl:2027/uc1.31175034925258 – via HathiTrust.
Elsie Dershem (1921). "Maryland". Outline of American State Literature. Lawrence, Kansas: World Company – via Internet Archive.
Federal Writers' Project (1940). "Literature". Maryland: a Guide to the Old Line State. American Guide Series. NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 131+. hdl:2027/mdp.39015054402659.
G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about Maryland literature)
Frank R. Shivers Jr. (1985). Maryland Wits & Baltimore Bards.
K. Huntress Baldwin (2001). "Literature of Maryland". In Joseph M. Flora; Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan (eds.). Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 472-477. ISBN 978-0-8071-2692-9.

External links

"Maryland Authors". Guides. University of Maryland Libraries.
United for Libraries (27 February 2009). "Literary Landmarks by State: Maryland". Chicago: American Library Association.

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