Charles Fenno Hoffman
Charles Fenno Hoffman (born February 7, 1806 in New York , † June 7, 1884 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American writer and publicist. He was known both as a poet and a narrator in his day.
Life
Charles Fenno Hoffman was the son of a New York attorney and, like his father, studied law. After completing his studies, he also worked as a lawyer in his hometown for three years, but then devoted himself entirely to literature. In 1833 he founded Knickerbocker Magazine , which was influential at the time , but later gave up its management. He became editor and publisher of the Atlantic Monthly , later for a short time the New York Mirror and the New York Literary World .
Although he had lost a leg in childhood, he liked to be in the wilderness and sought the adventure that the pristine expanse of the west in North America still offered at that time.
He spent the last 35 years of his life in various mental hospitals.
Works (selection)
- A winter in the west . Hapers & Brothers, New York 1835. (Digital copies of the Internet Archive : Volume I , Volume II )
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Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairies . 2 volumes. Richard Bentley, London 1839. (Digital copies: Volume I , Volume II )
- German wild scenes in forest and prairie, with sketches of American life . Translated by Friedrich Gerstäcker . Leipzig 1845.
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Greyslaer: A Romance of the Mohawk . 2 volumes. Harper & Brothers, 1840. (Digital copies: Volume I , Volume II )
- German Greyslaer: A romantic story of the Mohawk Indians at the time of the North American War of Independence . Pforzheim, 1841.
- The Vigil of Faith and Other Poems . S. Colman, New York 1842. ( digitized version )
- The Echo; or, Borrowed Notes for Home Circulation . Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia 1844. ( digitized version )
- Love's Calendar, Lays of the Hudson, and Other Poems . D. Appleton and Co., New York 1847. ( digitized version )
- The Pioneers of New York: An Anniversary Discourse Delivered before the St. Nicholas Society of Manhattan, December 6, 1847 . Stanford and Swords, New York 1848. ( digitized )
- Edward Fenno Hoffman (Ed.): The Poems of Charles Fenno Hoffman . Porter & Coates, Philadelphia 1873. ( digitized version )
Secondary literature
Monographs
- Homer F. Barnes: Charles Fenno Hoffman . Columbia University Press, New York 1930.
Encyclopedia Articles
- 19th century
- Charles Fenno Hoffman . In: Rufus Wilmot Griswold : The Poets and Poetry of America . Carey and Hart, Philadelphia 1843. pp. 259-272.
- Charles Fenno Hoffman . In: Rufus Wilmot Griswold: The Prose Writers of America . 4th, improved edition. Parry & Mcmillan, Philadelphia 1856. pp. 456-462.
- 20th and 21st centuries
- Steven Fink: Hoffman, Charles Fenno . In: American National Biography Online , < http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00774.html > (limited access)
- Harriet F. Bergmann: Charles Fenno Hoffman . In: Dictionary of Literary Biography , Volume 3: Antebellum Writers in New York and the South . Gale, Detroit 1979.
- Emily A. Bernhard Jackson: Charles Fenno Hoffman . In: Dictionary of Literary Biography , Volume 250: Antebellum Writers in New York: Second Series . Gale, Detroit 2002. pp. 184-188.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffman, Charles Fenno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1884 |
| Place of death | Harrisburg |