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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818687503321

Autore

Reynolds Larry J (Larry John), <1942->

Titolo

The Routledge Introduction to American Renaissance Literature

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2019

©2021

ISBN

1-315-75162-3

1-317-61571-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages)

Collana

Routledge Introductions to American Literature

Disciplina

810.9003

Soggetti

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Longfellow, Poe, and American literary emergence -- 2. Emerson, Thoreau, and transcendentalism -- 3. Fuller, Fern, and women's rights -- 4. Hawthorne, Melville, and suffering humanity -- 5. Douglass, Stowe, Jacobs, and anti-slavery -- 6. Whitman, Dickinson, and the Civil War -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examining the most frequently taught works by key writers of the American Renaissance, including Poe, Emerson, Fuller, Douglass, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Jacobs, Stowe, Whitman, and Dickinson, this engaging and accessible book offers the crucial historical, social, and political contexts in which they must be studied. Larry J. Reynolds usefully groups authors together for more lively and fruitful discussion and engages with current as well as historical theoretical debates on the area. The book includes essential biographical and historical information to situate and contextualise the literature, and incorporates major relevant criticism into each chapter. Recommended readings for further study, along with a list of works cited, concludes each chapter"--