The Gift (American literary annual series)

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The Gift (American literary annual series) was a 19th-century American gift book annual featuring original literary works by prominent authors, published for the holiday season.

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The Gift (American literary annual series) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book series ⓘ
gift book ⓘ
literary annual ⓘ
bindingStyle ornate binding ⓘ
contains essays ⓘ
original literary works ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalRole popular 19th-century American gift book ⓘ
genre gift book literature ⓘ
literature ⓘ
hasOriginalContent true ⓘ
illustrated true ⓘ
intendedMarket holiday season ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovementContext American Romanticism ⓘ
marketedAs holiday gift book ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableContributor Catharine Maria Sedgwick ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ
Lydia Sigourney ⓘ
Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
William Cullen Bryant ⓘ
notableWorkIncluded The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe) ⓘ
The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) ⓘ
The Visionary (Edgar Allan Poe) ⓘ
publicationFrequency annual ⓘ
publicationPeriod 19th century ⓘ
publicationPurpose seasonal literary gift ⓘ
targetAudience middle-class readers ⓘ
typicalFormat decorative gift volume ⓘ

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The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1843 → isPartOfSeries → The Gift (American literary annual series) ⓘ