02716nam 22004813 450 991081868750332120231110231359.01-315-75162-31-317-61571-9(CKB)4100000011984530(MiAaPQ)EBC6682578(Au-PeEL)EBL6682578(OCoLC)1262370809(NjHacI)994100000011984530(PPN)259365165(EXLCZ)99410000001198453020210901d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Routledge Introduction to American Renaissance LiteratureMilton :Taylor & Francis Group,2019.©2021.1 online resource (209 pages)Routledge Introductions to American Literature 1-138-80654-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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"--Provided by publisher.Routledge Introductions to American Literature American literature19th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.810.9003Reynolds Larry J(Larry John),1942-184067MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818687503321The Routledge Introduction to American Renaissance Literature4036954UNINA