Edward Payson Roe

Edward Payson Roe

Edward Payson Roe (7 March 1838 - 19 July 1888) was an American novelist born in Moodna, Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 He became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S.V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the "New York Evangelist", and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals. Among his novels were;

*"Barriers Burned Away" (1872), which first appeared as a serial in the "Evangelist" and made him widely known.
*"What Can she Do?" (1873).
*"Opening of a Chestnut Burr" (1874).
*"From Jest to Earnest" (1875).
*"Near to Natures Heart" (1876).
*"A Knight of the Nineteenth Century" (1877).
*"A Face Illumined" (1878).
*"A Day of Fate" (1880).
*"Without a Home" (1881).
*"His Sombre Rivals" (1883).
*"Natures Serial Story" (1884).
*"A Young Girls Wooing" (1884).
*"An Original Belle" (1885).
*"He Fell in Love with his Wife" (1886).
*"The Earth Trembled" (1887).
*"Miss Lou" (left unfinished 1888).
*"Play and Profit in My Garden" (1873).
*"Success with Small Fruits" (1881).
*"The Home Acre" (1887).

His novels were very popular in their day, especially with middle class readers in England and America, and were translated into several European languages. Their strong moral and religious purpose, and their being written by a clergyman, did much to break down a Puritan prejudice in America against works of fiction.

External links

*

References

*1911


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Roe (disambiguation) — Roe may refer to:* Roe or hard roe , the fully ripe egg masses of fish and certain marine invertebrates * Soft roe or milt, the semen of fish * The Roe deer, the deer of Britain and Europe * Roe v. Wade , the court case that legalized abortion in …   Wikipedia

  • Roe — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alliott Verdon Roe (1877–1958), britischer Luftfahrtpionier Allison Roe (* 1956), neuseeländische Langstreckenläuferin Bartholomew Roe (1583–1641), englischer Benediktiner, Märtyrer Channon Roe (* 1971),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ROE, EDWARD PAYSON —    American novelist, born in New Windsor, New York; studied for the ministry and served as a chaplain during the Civil War; settled down as a pastor of a Presbyterian church at Highland Fells; made his mark as a novelist in 1872 with Barriers… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York — Cornwall on Hudson   Village   …   Wikipedia

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah County, Utah — Location of Utah County in Utah This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah County, Utah. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah… …   Wikipedia

  • US-amerikanische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur — Amerikanische Schulkinder wählen in der kleinen Bibliothek ihrer Grundschule Bücher aus (1938)[1] Die amerikanische Kinder und Jugendliteratur umfasst alle literarischen Arbeiten, die für ein Publikum von Kindern und Jugendlichen geschaffen,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Amerikanische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur — Amerikanische Schulkinder wählen in der kleinen Bibliothek ihrer Grundschule Bücher aus (1938)[1] Die amerikanische Kinder und Jugendliteratur umfasst alle literarischen Arbeiten, die für ein Publikum von Kindern und Jugendlichen geschaffen,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”