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O'Brien, Fitz-James. The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien. Collected and Edited, with a Sketch of the Author, by William Winter. Ed. William Winter. Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co., 1881. 485 p.
Type: book ; Genre: anthology
People who Created this Work
- Arnold, George
- Winter's edited volume of O'Brien's work includes tributes written by Pfaff's regulars George Arnold and Frank Wood, detailing O'Brien's life and assessing his professional accomplishments.
- O'Brien, Fitz-James
- Osgood, James Ripley
- Publisher
- Winter, William
- Winter noted that O'Brien "astonished some of the quiet literary circles of that staid and decorous region by his utter and unaffected irreverence for various camphorated figure-heads which were then an incubus upon American letters" (XX).
- Wood, Frank
- Winter's edited volume of O'Brien's work includes tributes written by Pfaff's regulars George Arnold and Frank Wood, detailing O'Brien's life and assessing his professional accomplishments.
People Mentioned in this Work
- Mallen, Edward F. [pages: xxvii]
- Winter mentions that Mallen attended O'Brien's funeral, along with Frank Wook and Thomas Bailey Aldrich (xxvii).
- North, William [pages: l-li]
- In his 1865 tribute to Fitz-James O'Brien ("O'Brien's Personal Characteristics"), George Arnold disputes the allegations that O'Brien plagiarized William North's manuscripts for his short story "The Diamond Lens."
- O'Brien, Fitz-James
- Winter includes tributes to the life and professional accomplishments of O'Brien.
- Shanly (Shanley), Charles Dawson
- Winter includes an appendix in which he eulogizes Shanly.
- Wilkins, Edward G. P. [pages: xlvi-xlvii]
- In his 1865 tribute to Fitz-James O'Brien ("O'Brien's Personal Characteristics"), later anthologized by William Winter, George Arnold also mourns the loss of Wilkins.
- Winter, William [pages: lii]
- In his 1865 tribute to Fitz-James O'Brien ("O'Brien's Personal Characteristics"), George Arnold mentions that Will Winter visited him to tell him of the loss of another friend, Ned Wilkins.
Related Works
- Arnold, George. "O'Brien's Personal Characteristics." New York Citizen. 30 Sep. 1865. [more about this work]
- William Winter edited a collection of O'Brien's works, to which he appended tributes by George Arnold and Frank Wood.
- Arnold, George. "O'Brien's Personal Characteristics." The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien; Collected and Edited, with a Sketch of the Author. Ed. Winter, William. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881. xlvi - liii. [more about this work]
- Arnold's tribute to O'Brien was collected by Winter for his edited collection of O'Brien's work.
- "Three New York Poets." Scribner's Monthly. Jul. 1881: 469-472. [more about this work]
- The 1881 Scribner's article reviews the collection of poetry and stories by Fitz-James O'Brien, published the same year.
- Wood, Frank. "O'Brien as Poet and Soldier." New York Leader. 12 Apr. 1862. [more about this work]
- Winter's edited volume of O'Brien's work includes tributes written by Pfaff's regulars George Arnold and Frank Wood, detailing O'Brien's life and assessing his professional accomplishments.
- Wood, Frank. "O'Brien as Poet and Soldier." The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien; Collected and Edited, with a Sketch of the Author. Ed. Winter, William. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881. xxxvi-xlv. [more about this work]
- Winter's edited volume of O'Brien's work includes tributes written by Pfaff's regulars George Arnold and Frank Wood, detailing O'Brien's life and assessing his professional accomplishments.
