John Fredrick Parker
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How might Edgar Allan Poe live just a few more years? Might he have participated in the American Literary Renaissance of 1850-55?
Not sure what to call the 1850-55 period in American Literature then. I do know it's distinctive -- it saw the birth of the "Great American Novel" (Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, Uncle Tom's Cabin), and American "styles" of poetry (Leaves of Grass) and long-form "personalized" non-fiction (Walden)