The recovery and opening of the Irish legends is undoubtedly the most important phase of the Irish literary movement. The legends contain the very essence of the Irish genius. These stories of "old, unhappy, far-off things" ...

Text from page 3: In 1867 Harte began writing stories of the West that were focused upon locality, employing in them a technique similar to that of Poe. He has been heralded as the first contributor to the literature of ...

Counties: Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Shannon, Texas.

The second discovery of America came when the writers discovered the interesting elements in the varied communities which made each of them unique. A like discovery had been made in England years before by George Eliot, ...

Counties: Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk

Counties: Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette

"Strangely fascinating are place-name, not only by their euphony, but by their romantic associations." So attractive is the study of place-name that it develops in the student a curiosity concerning the origin of all names. ...

Counties: Vernon, Bates, Cass, St. Clair, Henry, and Johnson

Counties: Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan, Worth, Gentry, DeKalb, Clinton, Harrison, Daviess, and Caldwell

Counties: Webster, Wright, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Stone, Barry, and McDonald

Counties: Audrain, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, and Randolph.

Counties: Pemiscot, Dunklin, New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi, and Stoddard