Washington Irvings Critique of American Culture - Sketching a Vision of World Citizenship

Informationen zum Autor By J. Woodrow McCree Klappentext Washington Irving's Critique of American Culture argues that Irving offers not only a critique of a culture losing rootedness, but also positive multi-cultural vision of world citizenship in the new Republic. American Romantic art contemporary to Irving sheds light on his critique and positive vision of what America could be. Zusammenfassung Washington Irving’s Critique of American Culture argues that Irving offers not only a critique of a culture losing rootedness, but also positive multi-cultural vision of world citizenship in the new Republic. American Romantic art contemporary to Irving sheds light on his critique and positive vision of what America could be. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Style with Substance Chapter 2: Satire in the Name of World Citizenship Chapter 3: The Picturesque Aesthetic and Neo-classical/ Romantic Boundary-Crossing Chapter 4: American Ovid, American Virgil, American Claude, and Pumpkin Smasher Chapter 5: Irving's Critique of American Culture in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Chapter 6: World Citizenship on Frontiers Near and Far

Product details

• Authors: J. Woodrow Mccree
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793619631
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-963-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA