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William Peterfield Trent

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William Peterfield Trent, LL.D., D.C.L. was an American academic and the author/editor of many books. He was a professor of English literature at Sewanee: The University of the South and Columbia University. While at Sewanee, he founded the Sewanee Review in 1892, a literary journal that continues to operate.

Books

A Catalog of the Defoe Collection in the Boston Public Library
A Catalog of the Defoe Collection in the Boston Public Library
Boston Public Library, William Peterfield Trent
The Cambridge History of American Literature: Early national literature: pt. II. Later national literature: pt. I
The Cambridge History of American Literature: Early national literature: pt. II. Later national literature: pt. I
Carl Van Doren, William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman
Teaching the Spirit of Literature
Teaching the Spirit of Literature
William Peterfield Trent
The Cambridge History of American Literature
The Cambridge History of American Literature
Carl Van Doren, William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman
William Gilmore Simms
William Gilmore Simms
William Peterfield Trent

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