American Renaissance - Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman

Klappentext This text has taken its place as the definitive treatment of the most distinguished age of American literature. Centering the discussion around five literary giants of the mid-nineteenth century-Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. Matthiessen elucidates their conceptions of the nature and function of literature, and the extent to which these were realized in their writings.

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• Authors: F. O. Matthiessen, Francis O. Matthiessen, MATTHIESSEN F. O
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.1968
• EAN: 9780195007596
• ISBN: 978-0-19-500759-6
• No. of pages: 704
• Series: Galaxy Books; Galaxy Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology