Meaning of tuckermanity | Babel Free

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Poetry or literature, especially that which is excessively proper or moralist; literature by or in the style of Henry T. Tuckerman.

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Examples

“The general tuckermanities are arrant / Bubbles — ephemeral and so transparent”

“From his comments on Henry T. Tuckerman, his source for the word “Tuckermanities,” it is manifest that Poe never had any respect⟳ for his work⟳.”

“Also in 1852 came Henry T. Tuckerman's school manual "Sketch⟳ of American Literature" appended to Shaw's Outline of American Literature. Written in the starch-collared prose that gave rise⟳ to the term Tuckermanity, the sketch⟳ was an old-fashioned blend of literary history and moral precept”

“Some wag coined the word "tuckermanity," formed on his [Henry Theodore Tuckerman's] name⟳ and on the analogy of "humanity," and meaning excessive propriety and conventionality in the literary treatment of love⟳.”

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