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UNINA9910450574803321 |
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Autore |
Elliott Emory <1942-2009, > |
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Titolo |
Revolutionary writers : literature and authority in the New Republic,1725-1810 / / Emory Elliott |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986 |
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©1982 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-60520-0 |
9786610605200 |
0-19-536497-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Colonies in literature |
American literature - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - History and criticism |
American literature - Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 - History and criticism |
Literature and society - United States - History - 18th century |
American literature - 1783-1850 - History and criticism |
Authority in literature |
Electronic books. |
United States Intellectual life 18th century |
United States Intellectual life 1783-1865 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; I: The Crisis of Authority in the Revolutionary Age; II: Timothy Dwight: Pastor, Poet, and Politics; III: Joel Barlow: Innocence and Experience Abroad; IV: Philip Freneau: Poetry of Social Commitment; V: Hugh Henry Brackenridge: The Regenerative Power of American Humor; VI: Charles Brockden Brown: The Burden of the Past; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Elliott demonstrates how America's first men of letters--Timothy Dwight, Joel Barlow, Philip Freneau, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and Charles Brockden Brown--sought to make individual genius in |
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