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George Edward Woodberry
1855–1930
An American poet and literary critic, he moved easily between scholarship and verse, writing with a deep love of literature and the natural world. He is especially remembered for his work on Edgar Allan Poe and for a career that linked Harvard, Nebraska, and Columbia.
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A History of Wood-Engraving
by George Edward Woodberry
Nathaniel Hawthorne
by George Edward Woodberry
Heart of Man
by George Edward Woodberry
North Africa and the desert : Scenes and moods
by George Edward Woodberry
About the author
Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, on May 12, 1855, George Edward Woodberry studied at Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Harvard in 1877. He went on to become a teacher and scholar of English literature, serving at the University of Nebraska and later at Columbia University.
Woodberry built a reputation as both a critic and a poet. His literary studies helped shape American writing about major authors, and he is particularly known for his books on Edgar Allan Poe. Alongside his criticism, he published poems and essays that often reflect a thoughtful, reflective view of art, nature, and spiritual life.
He died on January 2, 1930. Though not as widely read today as some of the writers he studied, Woodberry remains an interesting figure in American literary history: a writer who tried to bring criticism, poetry, and moral seriousness into the same conversation.