Agnes Repplier

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Repplier, Agnes (rĕp'lēr), 1858-1950, American essayist, b. Philadelphia. Her essays, esteemed for their scholarship and wit, are collected in several volumes, including Books and Men (1888), Points of Friction (1920), and To Think of Tea! (1932). She also wrote biographical studies of Jacques Marquette (1929), Marie de l'Incarnation (1931), and Junípero Serra (1933), and a historical study of types of humor, In Pursuit of Laughter (1936).

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(1858-1950)

1888

Books and Men. The first of the author's many collections of literary essays shows her characteristic genteel, traditional views and preference for the British and European literary tradition. Subsequent collections include Points of View (1891), Essays in Miniature (1892), and Essays in Idleness (1893). Repplier would become known as one of the "Big Four" American women writers around the turn of the century, along with Edith Wharton, Amy Lowell, and Willa Cather.

1916

Counter-Currents. In a series of pro-Allied propaganda, the essayist mounts an attack on humanitarians and pacifists, whom she charges with excessive sentimentality.

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"People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization."

"There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania..."

"In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin."

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."

"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."

"We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh."

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Agnes Repplier (April 1, 1855–November 15, 1950) was an American essayist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her essays are esteemed for their scholarship and wit.

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Essay collections

Books and Men (1888)
Points of View (1891)
Essays in Miniature (1892)
Essays in Idleness (1893)
In the Dozy Hours (1894)
Varia (1897)
Philadelphia: The Place and the People (1898)
The Fireside Sphinx (1901)
Compromises (1904)
In Our Convent Days (1905)
A Happy Half Century (1908)
Americans and Others (1912)
The Cat (1912)
Counter Currents (1915)
Points of Friction (1920)
Under Dispute (1924)
To Think of Tea! (1931)
Times and Tendencies (1931)
In Pursuit of Laughter (1936)
Eight Decades (1937)

Biographical studies

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J. William White, M.D.; a Biography (1919)
Life of Pere Marquette (1929) (Jacques Marquette)
Mere Marie of the Ursulines (1931) (Marie de l'Incarnation)
Junipero Serra (1933)
Agnes Irwin (1934)

Misc.

In Pursuit of Laughter (1936), a historical study of types of humor.

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