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The Knickerbocker magazine was a subsidiary of the group founded in 1833 by Charles Fenno Hoffman and was contributed to by many Knickerbocker group members across the early to mid 19th century. The magazine was considered by Perry Miller to be “the most influential literary organ in America” by 1840 under its editor Lewis Gaylord Clark. [ 10 ]
Hoffman turned the magazine over to Timothy Flint, who changed the original name The Knickerbacker to The Knickerbocker. [4] Flint then sold the magazine to Lewis Gaylord Clark, who bought it in April 1834 and served as editor until 1861. [5]: 11–12 By 1840, The Knickerbocker was the most influential literary publication of its time.
The Knickerbocker or New-York Monthly Magazine (1833–1865), a literary magazine founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman; The Knickerbocker Gang, a series of children's books by Austrian writer Thomas Brezina, and a TV series based on the books; Knickerbocker News, a newspaper in Albany, New York published between 1843 and 1988
3.2.1 People in general. 3.2.2 Specific persons. 3.3 Regions and places. ... List of books by year of publication; List of children's books made into feature films;
Note: List of years in poetry exists specifically for poetry. See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world literature. Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing
Stanley Thomas Williams and Tremaine McDowell, editors of the 1927 edition of A History of New York, called this the most intelligent review of the book since its release in 1809. [9] The book loosely inspired the musical Knickerbocker Holiday. In 2005, reviewer Christine Wade described the book as satire and not being a modern novel. [10]
Irving completed A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809) while mourning the death of his 17-year-old fiancée Matilda Hoffman. It was his first major book and a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics.
Pages in category "Works originally published in The Knickerbocker" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.