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The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien. Collected and Edited, with a Sketch of the Author, by William Winter

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.
Type: 
book
Genre: 
anthology

People who Created this Work

Arnold, George author

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.

Winter, William editor

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 author

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 [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

Winter includes an appendix in which he eulogizes Shanly.

Wilkins, Edward (Ned) [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.