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Woolman, John
Jay David Miller
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
John WoolmanIntroductionJohn Woolman (b. 1720–d. 1772), a Quaker shopkeeper, tailor, and farmer from West Jersey, traveled extensively throughout colo...
Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Anne Boyd Rioux
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Constance Fenimore WoolsonIntroductionConstance Fenimore Woolson (b. 1840–d. 1894) was considered the most accomplished American woman writer of the l...
Wright, Richard
Jennifer Jensen Wallach
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Richard WrightIntroductionThe African American literary icon Richard Wright (b. 1908–d. 1960) began his life as the son of sharecroppers on a Mississi...
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