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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823614003321

Autore

Grossman Jay

Titolo

Reconstituting the American renaissance : Emerson, Whitman, and the politics of representation / / Jay Grossman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-283-06445-6

9786613064455

0-8223-8453-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

New Americanists

Disciplina

810.9/358

810.9358

Soggetti

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Politics and literature - United States - History - 19th century

Representative government and representation - United States - History - 19th century

Representative government and representation in literature

United States Politics and government 19th century

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 (p. [239]-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Representative strategies -- The rise of the representational arts in the United States -- Rereading Emerson/Whitman -- Class actions -- Representing men.

Sommario/riassunto

Offers a revised view of the American Renaissance that shows (a) how the debates about political representatives as they developed around the framing and ratifications of the U.S. Constitution have structured the rhetoric of subsequent generations of writ