Joseph Dennie (1768 - 1812) — Auction price
Lot 198 The Lay Preacher & The Spirit of the Farmers' Museum
Joseph Dennie (1768 - 1812) 
The Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature: Part Two 
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Joseph Dennie
30.08.1768 - 07.01.1812
Joseph Dennie was an American writer, journalist, and major literary figure of the early 19th century.
Dennie graduated from Harvard College, became a lawyer, but became active in writing. In 1801, he founded a periodical called The Port Folio, which became the most prominent literary weekly of its time in America. It was also the first important political and literary journal in the United States.
As founder of the Tuesday Club, Dennie was the center of Philadelphia's aristocratic literary circle in the early 19th century and for a time was the leading literary critic in the country. He ridiculed the simplistic and crude nature of Native Americans and opposed democratic innovations. He also encouraged talented young writers.
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The Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature: Part Two
Date: 16.06.2023 10:00 UTC -04:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 170