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

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

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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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  • Hardcover
  • 678 pages
  • English
  • 019500759X
  • 9780195007596

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