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John Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876) was an American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist. Considered both eccentric and influential, he delivered speeches and published essays, novels, poems, and short stories between the 1810s and 1870s in the United States and Great Britain, championing American literary nationalism and regionalism in their earliest stages.
John Neal in 1874 from Portland Illustrated. The bibliography of American writer John Neal (1793–1876) spans more than sixty years from the War of 1812 through the Reconstruction era and includes novels, short stories, poetry, articles, plays, lectures, and translations published in newspapers, magazines, literary journals, gift books, pamphlets, and books.
John Neal in 1856. Articles by American writer John Neal (1793–1876) influenced the development of American literature towards cultural independence and a unique style. They were published in newspapers, magazines, and literary journals and are part of the John Neal bibliography. They include his first known published work and pieces ...
Contemporary scholars of John Neal's novels widely consider Rachel Dyer to be his most successful, [92] though it is as obscure to the modern reader as his other books. [93] Biographer Donald A. Sears specifically points to the novel's depth of characterization, skilled phonetic transcription of regional accents, and experiments with dialogue. [94]
Nominator(s): Dugan Murphy 22:00, 6 November 2020 (UTC) [] A child laborer cheating backwoods customers on the waterfront of a bustling New England city and later smuggling contraband blankets during the War of 1812 grew up to be a productive, athletic, outspoken, and quarrelsome lawyer with remarkable influence on 19th-century literature, art, and feminism.
John Neal (1793–1876) was an American writer, critic, and activist John Neal may also refer to: John R. Neal (1836–1889), American politician; John Randolph Neal Jr. (1876–1959), American lawyer; John Neal (politician) (1889–1962), British judge and politician; John Neal (Welsh footballer) (1899–1965), Welsh international footballer
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
John Neal (13 April 1932 – 23 November 2014) was an English football player and manager. Playing career. Neal was a hard tackling full back who had seven seasons ...