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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
the foremost writer of the day. All these forces prompted Herne to deal with the fundamentals of character in his dramatic work. He became interested, as Maeterlinck would say, in conditions of soul. His dialogue in Margaret Fleming (Lynn, Mass., 4 July, 1880), rang true, instinct with homely life; his Griffith Davenport (Washington, D. C., 16 January, 1899）—a drama of the Civil War based not on external action but on inward struggle—was filled with sincerity; his Shore Acres (Chicago, 23 May, 1892）—which, because of the precieuse success of Margaret Fleming, made concessions to the old-time melodrama, had passages of dominant realism, simple conversation warm with human meaning, which have not been surpassed by an American playwright thus far. The popular notion is that Herne wrote by gosh drama of the type of The Vermont Wool-Dealer and Denman Thompson's Old Homestead (Boston, 5 April, 1885). But that is farthest from a true comparison, for Herne's observation was based on prof