Robert Bray

Abraham Lincoln & the Colony on Ile-a-Vache, unpublished (2012)

Just after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1 Jan 1863) Abraham Lincoln signed a...

Dishonest Abe Scholarship: the Lincoln Biography Plagiarism Scandal (with Michael Burlingame) (2011)

'Dishonest Abe Scholarship' is a narrative/analytical account of the controversy surrounding charges of plagiarism in...

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‘The Stones I shaped endure’: Dickinsonian Pastiche in A.S. Byatt’s Possession (2011)

This is a previously unpublished meditation on A. S. Byatt's use of Emily Dickinson-like pastiche...

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Rèspé ba Matinik and for Aimé Césaire, Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal (2004)

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Knowing Grasses: Aimé Césaire’s ‘Cahier d’un retour au pays natal’ and Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself’, Revista Interamericana (2001)

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Reading between the Texts: Benjamin Thomas's 'Abraham Lincoln' and Stephen Oates's 'With Malice Toward None', Journal of Information Ethics (1994)

This essay, previously published in the 'Journal of Information Ethics' (1994) is the one that...

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Reading with Lincoln (2010)

Lincoln's in Town (a play) (with Nancy Steele Brokaw) (2009)

The play was produced in Bloomington, Illinois, February 13-15, 2009, at the Bloomington Performing Arts...

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What Abraham Lincoln Read: An Annotated and Evaluative Bibliography, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (2007)

This bibliography attempts to list, in alphabetical order by author, all the books or parts...

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Peter Cartwright, Legendary Frontier Preacher (2005)

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Abraham Lincoln and the Two Peters, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (2001)

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Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, Dictionary of Literary Biography (2001)

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The Chicago Novel, Illinois History Teacher (2000)

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Why Thoughts Are Better Than Music or Emily Dickinson's Fascicle 18 as a Lyric Sequence, Unfastening the Fascicles: An EDIS Roundtable at the 1997 MLA, December 30, 1997 (1997)

Recently, an old argument concerning the existence of God has made a comeback: the "Argument...

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"The Power to Hurt": Lincoln's Early Use of Satire and Invective, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (1995)

How did Abraham Lincoln become a great speaker and writer? How did he get from...

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Introduction, Valley of Shadows: Sangamon Sketches (1990)

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Introduction, American Years (1988)

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The Regionalist Tradition in Poetry, Benchmark: Anthology of Contemporary Illinois Poetry (1988)

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A Reader's Guide to Illinois Literature (1987)

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The Cartwright-Lincoln Acquaintance, The Old Northwest (1987)

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Foreshortened Lives: Review Essay, Illinois Writer's Review (1986)

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Beating the Devil: Life and Art in Peter Cartwright's Autobiography, Illinois Historical Journal (1985)

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Camp-Meeting Revivalism and the Idea of Western Community, The Old Northwest (1984)

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Harold Sinclair's Bloomington: Ever(y)to(w)n, Illinois Issues (1984)

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What's Left to be Rediscovered?, Illinois English Bulletin (1984)

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Rediscoveries, Literature and Place in Illinois (1982)

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The Mysical Landscape: Francis Grierson's The Valley of Shadows, The Old Northwest (1980)

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Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 (with Paul Bushnell) (1978)

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From New England to the Old Northwest: The American Odyssey of the Jeremiah Greenman Family (with Paul Bushnell), Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1976)

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Robert Herrick: A Chicago Trio, The Old Northwest (1975)

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Mark Twain Biography: Entering a New Phase, Midwest Quarterly (1974)

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SelectedWorks of Robert Bray

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln & the Colony on Ile-a-Vache, unpublished (2012)

Dishonest Abe Scholarship: the Lincoln Biography Plagiarism Scandal (with Michael Burlingame) (2011)

‘The Stones I shaped endure’: Dickinsonian Pastiche in A.S. Byatt’s Possession (2011)

Rèspé ba Matinik and for Aimé Césaire, Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal (2004)

Knowing Grasses: Aimé Césaire’s ‘Cahier d’un retour au pays natal’ and Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself’, Revista Interamericana (2001)

Reading between the Texts: Benjamin Thomas's 'Abraham Lincoln' and Stephen Oates's 'With Malice Toward None', Journal of Information Ethics (1994)

The Search for Captain Howdy, Honorees for Teaching Excellence (1991)

Forward, Stopping By: Portraits from Small Towns (1988)

Small towns in Illinois

Forward, Stopping By: Portraits from Small Towns (1988)

Illinois History

The Road Down from Spoon River, Spoon River Quarterly (1983)

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Reading with Lincoln (2010)

Lincoln's in Town (a play) (with Nancy Steele Brokaw) (2009)

What Abraham Lincoln Read: An Annotated and Evaluative Bibliography, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (2007)

Peter Cartwright, Legendary Frontier Preacher (2005)

Abraham Lincoln and the Two Peters, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (2001)

Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, Dictionary of Literary Biography (2001)

The Chicago Novel, Illinois History Teacher (2000)

Why Thoughts Are Better Than Music or Emily Dickinson's Fascicle 18 as a Lyric Sequence, Unfastening the Fascicles: An EDIS Roundtable at the 1997 MLA, December 30, 1997 (1997)

"The Power to Hurt": Lincoln's Early Use of Satire and Invective, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (1995)

Introduction, Valley of Shadows: Sangamon Sketches (1990)

Introduction, American Years (1988)

The Regionalist Tradition in Poetry, Benchmark: Anthology of Contemporary Illinois Poetry (1988)

A Reader's Guide to Illinois Literature (1987)

The Cartwright-Lincoln Acquaintance, The Old Northwest (1987)

Foreshortened Lives: Review Essay, Illinois Writer's Review (1986)

Beating the Devil: Life and Art in Peter Cartwright's Autobiography, Illinois Historical Journal (1985)

Camp-Meeting Revivalism and the Idea of Western Community, The Old Northwest (1984)

Harold Sinclair's Bloomington: Ever(y)to(w)n, Illinois Issues (1984)

What's Left to be Rediscovered?, Illinois English Bulletin (1984)

Rediscoveries, Literature and Place in Illinois (1982)

The Mysical Landscape: Francis Grierson's The Valley of Shadows, The Old Northwest (1980)

Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 (with Paul Bushnell) (1978)

From New England to the Old Northwest: The American Odyssey of the Jeremiah Greenman Family (with Paul Bushnell), Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1976)

Robert Herrick: A Chicago Trio, The Old Northwest (1975)

Mark Twain Biography: Entering a New Phase, Midwest Quarterly (1974)

Interpretation, Criticism, and Poetic Structure, Midwest Quarterly (1973)