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Representative authors include [[Edgar Allen Poe]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
The literature of [[Maryland]], [[United States]], includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors include [[John Barth]], [[H. L. Mencken]], and [[Edgar Allan Poe]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}{{sfn|Baldwin|2001}}

==History==
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A [[Global_spread_of_the_printing_press#United States and Canada|printing press]] began operating in [[St. Mary's City, Maryland]], in 1685.<ref name=wroth1938>{{Citation |publisher = Southworth-Anthoensen Press |location = Portland, Maine |title = The Colonial Printer |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/colonialprinter00wrot#page/15/mode/1up |via=Internet Archive |author = [[Lawrence C. Wroth]] |date = 1938 |chapter=Diffusion of Printing }} (Fulltext)</ref> Colonial-era writers included [[George Alsop]] (''Character of the Province of Maryland,'' 1666); [[Ebenezer Cooke (poet)|Ebenezer Cooke]] (''Sot-Weed Factor,'' 1708).<ref name=Wilson1989begin>{{cite book |editor1=Charles Reagan Wilson |editor2=William Ferris |title=Encyclopedia of Southern Culture |isbn=0807818232 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |year=1989 |via=[[Documenting the American South]] |chapter-url=http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/intro.html |chapter=Beginnings of Southern Literature |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofso00dia_teb }}</ref>

Literary figures of the antebellum period included [[John Pendleton Kennedy]] (''Swallow Barn,'' 1832); [[Edward Coote Pinkney]] (1802-1828).<ref>{{cite book |editor1= Charles Reagan Wilson |editor2= William Ferris |title= Encyclopedia of Southern Culture |isbn= 0807818232 |publisher= University of North Carolina Press |year= 1989 |via= Documenting the American South |chapter-url= http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/antebellum.html |chapter= Antebellum Era |url= https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofso00dia_teb }}</ref> 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.<ref name=Glance>{{citation |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/lit.html |work= Maryland Manual On-Line |title= Maryland at a Glance: Literature |author= Maryland State Archives |location= Annapolis, MD |access-date= March 11, 2017 }}</ref> The Baltimore Book Festival began around 1996.{{cn|date=March 2017}}


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* {{cite book|author= Henry Elliot Shepherd |title= Representative Authors of Maryland |url=https://archive.org/details/representativea00shepgoog|year=1911|publisher=Whitehall Publishing Company |location=New York }}

* {{cite book|title=Library of Southern Literature |editor= Lucian Lamar Knight |publisher= Martin and Hoyt Company |location=Atlanta |year= 1913
|chapter= Fifty Reading Courses: Maryland
|volume=16 |page=198+
|hdl= 2027/uc1.31175034925258?urlappend=%3Bseq=506 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31175034925258?urlappend=%3Bseq=506
|via=HathiTrust
}}
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
|author= Elsie Dershem |title= Outline of American State Literature |publisher=World Company |location= Lawrence, Kansas |year= 1921
|author= Elsie Dershem |title= Outline of American State Literature |publisher=World Company |location= Lawrence, Kansas |year= 1921
|chapter= Maryland |pages=
|chapter= Maryland
|url= https://archive.org/stream/outlineofamerica001157mbp |via= Internet Archive
|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/outlineofamerica001157mbp#page/n75/mode/2up |via= Internet Archive
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* {{cite book |location=NY |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=[[American Guide Series]] |title=Maryland: a Guide to the Old Line State |author=[[Federal Writers' Project]] |date=1940

* {{cite book |publication-place=NY |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=[[American Guide Series]] |title=Maryland: a Guide to the Old Line State |author=[[Federal Writers' Project]] |publication-date=1940
|chapter= Literature |pages= 131+
|chapter= Literature |pages= 131+
|chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015054402659?urlappend=%3Bseq=255
|hdl=2027/mdp.39015054402659?urlappend=%3Bseq=255 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015054402659?urlappend=%3Bseq=255
| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
}}

* {{cite book|author= [[G. Thomas Tanselle]] |title=Guide to the Study of United States Imprints |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyyYDFDcJrEC |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-36761-6 |year= 1971 }} (Includes information about Maryland literature)

* {{cite book |editor1= Joseph M. Flora |editor2= Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan |title= Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs |publisher= [[Louisiana State University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8071-2692-9 |year= 2001
|chapter= Literature of Maryland |page= 472+
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* {{cite book|author= [[G. Thomas Tanselle]] |title=Guide to the Study of United States Imprints |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetostudyofun0002tans |url-access= registration |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-36761-6 |year= 1971 }} (Includes information about Maryland literature)
* {{cite book |title= Maryland Wits & Baltimore Bards |author= Frank R. Shivers Jr. |year= 1985 }}
* {{cite book |editor1= Joseph M. Flora |editor2= Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan |title= Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs |publisher= [[Louisiana State University Press]] |isbn= 978-0-8071-2692-9 |year= 2001 |chapter= Literature of Maryland |pages= [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780807126929/page/472 472-477] |author= K. Huntress Baldwin |ref= {{harvid|Baldwin|2001}} |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780807126929/page/472 }}
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/united/products_services/literarylandmarks/landmarksbystate/landmarksbystate |title=Literary Landmarks by State: Maryland |publisher= American Library Association |location=Chicago |author= United for Libraries }}
* {{cite web |publisher=University of Maryland Libraries |url=http://lib.guides.umd.edu/mdauthors |series= Guides |title=Maryland Authors }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/united/products_services/literarylandmarks/landmarksbystate/landmarksbystate |title=Literary Landmarks by State: Maryland |publisher= American Library Association |location=Chicago |author= United for Libraries |date=27 February 2009 }}


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Latest revision as of 12:16, 11 September 2023

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

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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

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The Maryland General Assembly created the position of Poet Laureate of Maryland in 1959.[6] The Baltimore Book Festival began around 1996.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  2. ^ Baldwin 2001.
  3. ^ Lawrence C. Wroth (1938), "Diffusion of Printing", The Colonial Printer, Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive (Fulltext)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Maryland State Archives, "Maryland at a Glance: Literature", Maryland Manual On-Line, Annapolis, MD, retrieved March 11, 2017

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