American author William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), the dominant literary personality of the antebellum South, is chiefly remembered for his novels on subjects derived from American history.William Gil...
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After Poe, Simms was the most important literary figure of the antebellum South. Although he lacked Poe's genius, he was nevertheless a professional writer who took his craft seriously. His output was...
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Among writers produced by the antebellum South, William Gilmore Simms of South Carolina perhaps ranks as a modest second to Edgar Allan Poe in enduring literary achievement, judged by the best of his ...
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Although William Gilmore Simms is best known as a novelist, his total literary production is notable in all genres, if not always for its quality, certainly for its quantity. Recently scholars have be...
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In his rich and varied career as writer, William Gilmore Simms expended no less energy on his magazine editing than on his poetry, novels, short stories, and essays. He brought to his magazine work th...
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Unquestionably the author with the best claim to being the Honoré de Balzac of American literature, William Gilmore Simms was in fact more prolific and wide-ranging than the great Frenchman him...
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William Gilmore Simms
William Gilmore Simms