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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786903003321

Autore

Corley Liam <1970->

Titolo

Bayard Taylor : determined dreamer of America's rise, 1825-1878 / / Liam Corley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Bucknell University Press : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61148-572-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

818/.309

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Millstone of Culture; 1 "That Stuff of Life!"; 2 Dragoman! Dual Ethnocentrism and the Egalitarian American Traveler; 3 "Can a Life Hide Itself?"; 4 Cruising the Monthly; 5 "In Endless Toil, Beatitude"; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This work is the first book-length study of the fascinating and influential American writer, Bayard Taylor, in forty years. This critical reconsideration of Taylor's life and works demonstrates his importance for scholars of nineteenth-century American literature and history, gender and queer studies, and diplomatic history. </span></span>