Author. The son of Francis Dana, he graduated from Harvard and became a lawyer, but built his fame as a writer and critic. A founder of the "North American Review," Dana's criticisms were somewhat controversial in his day: he was a proponent of Romanticism, despised didacticism, and disagreed with the Transcendental movement. His 1821 novel "Paul Felton" is considered one of the earliest examples of Gothic fiction in the United States. He also was prolific was a poet; his first book of poetry, "The Buccaneer and Other Poems," was published in 1827. His son, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., became famous as the author of "Two Years Before the Mast" (1840).
Author. The son of Francis Dana, he graduated from Harvard and became a lawyer, but built his fame as a writer and critic. A founder of the "North American Review," Dana's criticisms were somewhat controversial in his day: he was a proponent of Romanticism, despised didacticism, and disagreed with the Transcendental movement. His 1821 novel "Paul Felton" is considered one of the earliest examples of Gothic fiction in the United States. He also was prolific was a poet; his first book of poetry, "The Buccaneer and Other Poems," was published in 1827. His son, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., became famous as the author of "Two Years Before the Mast" (1840).
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