American Writers is a work of literary criticism by American writer and critic John Neal. Published by Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in five installments between September 1824 and February 1825, it
Spine of 1937 republication
John Neal c. 1823, by Sarah Miriam Peale
William Blackwood c. 1830
A Fable for Critics is a book-length satirical poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the time and brou
Title page for A Fable for Critics, 1848
James Russell Lowell, c. 1840s