Nathaniel Parker Willis (20 January 1806-20 January 1867), early known as a journalist, is remembered in American letters as a magazine editor who was a purveyor of belles lettres to a wide popular au...
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Nathaniel Parker Willis, poet, essayist, critic, dramatist, and novelist, was primarily, as Edgar Allan Poe described him, America's first "magazinist." The first American to make a comfortable living...
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During his own lifetime Nathaniel Parker Willis was widely recognized in Europe as well as the United States as one of the preeminent magazine writers and editors of his age. Today his literary achiev...
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The decline of the critical reputation of Nathaniel Parker Willis, wrote Arthur Hobson Quinn, provides "a shining example of the price a gifted man pays in terms of lasting fame for contemporary popul...
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A popular and prolific travel writer--as well as a poet, dramatist, short-story writer, novelist, and editor--Nathaniel Parker Willis was a keen observer of natural and social scenes. A darling of soc...
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Nathaniel Parker Willis was an astute magazine editor and one of the most versatile writers of his era. A prolific poet, magazine writer, and travel writer, Willis also wrote a novel and two plays. In...
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Nathaniel Parker Willis