Chapter LXXXIV: Book I: Part I
Information will be found in the _Library of Southern Literature_ by E. A. Alderman and others (16 vols., New Orleans, 1908-13) and in Montrose J. Moses, _Literature of the South_ (New York, 1910). See also Carl Van Doren, _The American Novel_ (New York, 1921).
I. The Old Dominion. See Thomas J. Wertenbaker, _Patrician and Plebeian in Virginia_ (Charlottesville, Va., 1910).
II. For the economics of Jeffersonianism, see Charles A. Beard, _The Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy_ (New York, 1915; Chapter XII). Also Charles Gide and Charles Rist, _A History of Economic Doctrines_ (translated by W. Smart and R. Richards, Boston).
John Taylor: His works are out of print. Important titles are: _An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the United States_ (Fredericksburg, Va., 1814). _New Views of the Constitution of the United States_ (Washington, 1823). _Correspondence_ (edited by W. E. Dodd, Richmond, 1908).
See “John Taylor, Prophet of Secession” (by William E. Dodd, in _Branch Historical Papers, II_, Richmond, 1908). See also Beard, _Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy_.
III. John Marshall: Sufficient materials will be found in Albert J. Beveridge, _Life of John Marshall_ (4 vols., New York, 1916-19).
IV. For the plantation tradition, see Francis Pendleton Gaines, _The Southern Plantation_ (New York, 1924).
William Wirt: His works are out of print. _Letters of a British Spy_ (Richmond, 1803). _The Old Bachelor_ (2 vols., Richmond, 1810). _Life and Character of Patrick Henry_ (Philadelphia, 1817; also several later editions).
See John P. Kennedy, _Memoirs ... of William Wirt_ (Philadelphia, 1849).
Nathaniel Beverley Tucker: His works are out of print. _George Balcombe; a Novel_ (2 vols., New York, 1836).--_The Partisan Leader; a Tale of the Future_, by Edward William Sidney (printed for the publishers, by J. Caxton, 1856 [_i.e._, Washington, printed by Duff Green, 1836], 2 vols.): reissued as _A Key to the Disunion Conspiracy: The Partisan Leader_ (2 vols. in one, New York, 1861); edition issued at Richmond, 1862.
Some information about Tucker will be found in W. P. Trent, _William Gilmore Simms_ (Boston and New York, 1892).
V. William Alexander Caruthers: _The Kentuckian in New York. Or, the Adventures of Three Southerns. By a Virginian_ (2 vols., New York, 1834).--_The Cavaliers of Virginia, or the Recluse of Jamestown. An Historical Romance of the Old Dominion_ (2 vols., New York, 1834-1835).--_The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; a Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion_ (Wetumpka, Ala., 1845; New York, 1882, 1909).
John P. Kennedy: _Works_ (3 vols., New York, 1854; 9 vols., New York, 1871, with life by H. T. Tuckerman, Vol. X). _Swallow Barn, or a Sojourn in the Old Dominion_ (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1832; several later editions). _Horse-Shoe Robinson; a Tale of the Tory Ascendency_ (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1835; numerous later editions, the latest in 1906). _Rob of the Bowl; a Legend of St. Inigoe’s_ (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1838; later editions). _Quodlibet: Containing Some Annals Thereof ..._ (Philadelphia, 1840; 1860).
Edgar Allan Poe: The bibliography is extensive. See the _Cambridge History of American Literature_.
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