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Golden Age of Indiana Literature

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438: 426: 432: 20: 116:, and his fables in slang, humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal use of capitalization. Ade's fables were published in his syndicated newspaper column, in magazines, and as a series of books, which earned him the nickname of the "Aesop of Indiana." Ade also wrote several plays produced for the Broadway stage from 1900 to 1910, including 111:
Ade, a writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright, is best known for his use of street language and slang to describe urban life in "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," his newspaper column for the
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is a period from 1880 to 1920 when many nationally and internationally acclaimed literary works were created by natives of the state of
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became the best-selling book of the 19th century, and Riley became the most prominent poet of the age, writing poems that included "
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Stratton-Porter was a best-selling novelist and author of nature studies, poetry, short stories, and children's books.
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The period corresponded to growth in other cultural areas including the creation of the
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of landscape painters, and prominence of Indiana music composers like
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Nature's Storyteller: The Life of Gene Stratton-Porter
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Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State
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Indiana
Maurice Thompson
George Ade
Booth Tarkington
Theodore Dreiser
Edward Eggleston
Frank McKinney Hubbard
George Barr McCutcheon
Meredith Nicholson
Gene Stratton Porter
Lew Wallace
James Whitcomb Riley
Hoosier
Ben Hur: A Tale of Christ
Little Orphant Annie
The County Chairman
The College Widow
A Girl of the Limberlost
McCall's
Good Housekeeping
Hoosier Group
Paul Dresser


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