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Bliss Perry
1860–1954
A longtime teacher, editor, and literary critic, he helped shape how American readers approached poetry and literature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His career moved easily between the classroom, the magazine world, and a wide range of books on writers and reading.
6 Audiobooks
A Study of Poetry
by Bliss Perry
John Greenleaf Whittier: A sketch of his life, with selected poems
by Bliss Perry, John Greenleaf Whittier
The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures
by Bliss Perry
Fishing with a Worm
by Bliss Perry
Stories of New York
by Annie Eliot Trumbull, George A. (George Abiah) Hibbard, Bliss Perry, Edith Wharton, John Seymour Wood
About the author
Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1860, Bliss Perry became an American literary critic, writer, editor, and teacher. Reliable reference sources describe him as especially noted for his work in American literature, and his career stretched across scholarship, editing, and public literary life.
He studied at Williams College and went on to teach there before holding academic posts at Princeton and Harvard. He also served as editor of The Atlantic Monthly from 1899 to 1909, a role that placed him near the center of American literary culture during a formative period.
Perry wrote widely on literature and literary figures, including books on poetry and on writers such as Walt Whitman and John Greenleaf Whittier. He died in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1954, leaving behind the reputation of a versatile man of letters who could speak to both general readers and serious students.