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[Warhammer]

I'm trying to collect a list of American literature and from the 1850's to capture the language and cadence of the time.   My list is rather short at the moment.  Right now, I have:

• Moby Dick
• Scarlet Letter
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Walden

I'm also considering seeking out local papers of the time to look for regional terms and the like.

[Zombie Zak]

http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1850.htm
http://www.literaryhistory.com/19thC/Outline.htm

Doesn't appear to be too particularly spectacular in the literature lay of the land that time period ... But, interesting nonetheless.

Hope that helps ...

[Josh Hilden]

sorry, wrong thread

[Matthew]

Poe died in '48 so the language of his later works may help.

There's a book you may be able to get hold of at a library. THE TIMETABLES OF HISTORY covers history a year at a time listing the best-selling titles of each year, among other things.

[Warhammer]

Cool!  Thank you, Matthew.

[Matthew]

Welcome!

Check out Hawthorne too.