Harold Frederic
Harold Frederic (born August 19, 1856 in Utica , NY , † October 19, 1898 in Hornby , England ) was an American writer and journalist . He moved to England in 1884 to work as the London correspondent for the New York Times . In 1898 he was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters .
Works (selection)
- In the Valley, a story of 1777 (1890)
- The Copperhead and Other Stories of the North During the American War (1894); In 2013 Copper Head adapted cinematically
- March Hares (1896)
- Illumination (UK) / The Damnation of Theron Ware (US) (1896)
- Gloria Mundi (1898)
- The market-place ( posthumously 1899), e-book at NetLibrary
literature
- Thomas O'Donnell (Ed.): Harold Frederic's stories of York State , foreword v. Edmund Wilson , Syracuse University Press 1966
- NA as The Civil War Stories by Harold Frederic , Syracuse University Press 1992
- Bridget Bennett: The Damnation of Harold Frederic: his lives and works , Syracuse Univ. Press 1997
- Jean S. Filetti: An examination of political pessimism in the works of American novelist Harold Frederic , Mellen 1998
Web links
- Harold Frederic's The Damnation of Thereon Ware : A Study Guide with Annotated Bibliography Website of the University of South Florida
- Literature by and about Harold Frederic in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Members: Harold Frederic. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ^ Sidney Blumenthal: Romanticizing the Villains of the Civil War. In: The Atlantic . June 22, 2003, accessed April 12, 2020 : “The newly released film Copperhead is in the same tradition as Gone with the Wind and Gods and Generals. Its history is highly revisionist. "
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| SURNAME | Frederic, Harold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utica (New York) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1898 |
| Place of death | Hornby , England |