Edmund Clarence Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman | |
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American | |
Alma mater | Yale University (MA) |
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Spouse |
Laura Hyde Woolworth
(m. 1853; died 1905) |
Children | 2 |
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Edmund Clarence Stedman (October 8, 1833 – January 18, 1908) was an American
Early life
Edmund Clarence Stedman was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on October 8, 1833; his father, Major Edmund Burke Stedman died of tuberculosis two years later in December 1835.[1][2] By the following spring, his mother Elizabeth Clementine Stedman moved the boy and his younger brother to Plainfield, New Jersey, to live with her wealthy father, David Low Dodge.[2]
Dodge, a
Stedman enrolled in Yale University in 1849 at the age of 16.[1] Stedman studied two years at Yale University, but was suspended and did not return. Yale later restored him to the Class of 1853 and gave him the degree of Master of Arts.[1]
Career
Early career
After leaving Yale, he became a journalist for The Norwich Tribune and became an editor at the age of 19.
Literary career
His first book, Poems, Lyrical and Idyllic, appeared in 1860, followed by successive volumes of similar character, and by collected editions of his verse in 1873, 1884 and 1897. His longer poems are Alice of Monmouth: an Idyl of the Great War (1864); The Blameless Prince (1869), an allegory of good deeds, supposed to have been remotely suggested by the life of
An idyllic atmosphere is the prevalent characteristic of his longer pieces, while the lyric tone is never absent from his songs, ballads and poems of reflection or fancy. As an editor he put forth a volume of Cameos from Walter Savage Landor (with Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1874); a large Library of (selections from) American Literature (with Ellen M Hutchinson, 11 vols, 1888–1890); a Victorian Anthology (1895); and an American Anthology, 1787–1899 (1900); the two last-named volumes being ancillary to a detailed and comprehensive critical study in prose of the whole body of English poetry from 1837, and of American poetry of the 19th century.[5]
This study appeared in separate chapters in
Stedman edited, with Ellen M. Hutchinson, A Library of American Literature (eleven volumes, 1888–90); and, with George E. Woodberry, the Works of Edgar Allan Poe (ten volumes, 1895). After the death of James Russell Lowell, Stedman had perhaps the leading place among American poets and critics. In 1876, he was one of several poets who were gently mocked by Bayard Taylor in his verse parody The Echo Club and Other Literary Diversions.[6]
In 1904, Edmund Clarence Stedman was one of the first seven chosen for membership in the
Scientific career
In addition to his literary achievements, Stedman pursued scientific and technical endeavors. In 1879, he proposed a
Personal life
Stedman married Laura Hyde Woodworth on November 2, 1853.[1] He had two sons.[9]
Stedman died on January 18, 1908, in New York City from
Literature
- A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895 (1895)
- William Winter, Old Friends (New York, 1909)
- An American Anthology, 1787–1900 (Online Edition)
- Stedman and Mackay, A Library of American Literature (eleven volumes, New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1888–90)
- Stedman and Gould, Life and Letters of Edmund Clarence Stedman (two volumes, New York, 1910)
Notes
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Scholnick 1977, p. 13.
- ^ Scholnick 1977, p. 14.
- ^ Scholnick 1977, pp. 14–15.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ISBN 0-8057-0718-2.
- ^ "History – American Academy of Arts and Letters".
- ^ Whitehouse, Arch. The Zeppelin Fighters. New York: Ace Books, 1966: 15.
- Newspapers.com.
References
- Scholnick, Robert (1977). Edmund Clarence Stedman. Boston: Twayne Publishers. OCLC 3168753.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Stedman, Edmund Clarence". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 861. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Finding aid to Edmund Clarence Stedman papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
- Works by Edmund Clarence Stedman at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edmund Clarence Stedman at Internet Archive
- Works by Edmund Clarence Stedman at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Edmund Clarence Stedman at Find a Grave
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