Oscar Fay Adams
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He was born at Worcester, MassachusettsWorcester, Massachusetts
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, was educated in secondary schools, and graduated from the New Jersey State Normal School. He taught classes in English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, and after 1880 wrote much for periodicals.
Works
- The Story of Jane AustenJane AustenJane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...
's Life (1891; second edition, 1896) - The Archbishop's Unguarded Moment, and Other Stories (1899)
- Dictionary of American Authors (revised edition, 1901)
and several other compilations.
He has edited:
- Through the Year With the Poets (12 volumes, 1886)