Eugene Field and his age

by Saum, Lewis O.

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Title Statements

Full title :Eugene Field and his age / Lewis O. Saum.

Summary

"Eugene Field (1850-1895) is perhaps best remembered for his children's verse, especially "Little Boy Blue" and "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod." During his journalistic career, however, his column, "Sharps and Flats," in the Chicago Daily News illuminated the shenanigans of local and national politics, captured the excitement of baseball, and praised the cultural scene of Chicago and the West over that of the East Coast and Europe. Field used whimsy, satire, and, at times, unadorned admiration to depict and encapsulate the energy of a young nation reinventing itself and its political ambitions in the closing decades of the nineteenth century." "Foremost, Field was a political observer. During his lifetime, politics saw more public awareness and involvement than at any other time in American history, and Field's great popularity derived mainly from his near-ceaseless commentary - arch, outlandish, comic, serious - on that arena of affairs. Field also devoted many columns to entertainment and diversions, discussing the baseball "idiocy" that stormed Chicago and championing and criticizing authors and actors."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Nebraska Press
Place of Publication:Lincoln
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 324 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0803242875, 9780803242876
oclc:ocm44467515
LC Classification:PS1668
Dewey Decimal:B

The West -- Politics in Missouri -- Politics in the nation -- Ball games -- Theater -- The literary arena.

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Biographies Biography Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography Chicago (Ill.) -- Histoire Chicago (Ill.) -- History Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th centu… Field, Eugene History Illinois -- Chicago journalism Journalism -- History -- 19th century. … Journalistes -- Biographies. -- États-U… Journalistiek Journalists Journalists -- Biography. -- United Sta… Poètes américains -- Biographies. -- 19… Poets, American Poets, American -- Biography. -- 19th c… United States