LEADER 03796nam 2200661 450 001 9910812507503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-85456-X 010 $a1-118-85458-6 010 $a1-118-85455-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000503476 035 $a(EBL)4039278 035 $a(OCoLC)870211388 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1655936 035 $a(DLC) 2014005193 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1655936 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10851098 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL584569 035 $a(OCoLC)874322832 035 $a(PPN)226791432 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000503476 100 $a20140331h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aNew England beyond criticism $ein defense of America's first literature /$fElisa New 210 1$aChichester, England :$cWiley Blackwell,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 225 1 $aWiley-Blackwell Manifestos 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-118-85454-3 311 $a1-118-85453-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: New England Beyond Criticism. Part I. Excitations: Protestant Ups and Downs; 2. Variety as Religious Experience: Four Case Studies: Dickinson, Edwards, Taylor and Cotton; 3. The Popularity of Doom: From Wigglesworth, Poe and Stowe through the The Da Vinci Code; 4. I Take "no less than skies": Dickinson's Flights -- Part II. Congregations: Rites of Assembly; 5. Lost in the Woods Again: Coming Home to Wilderness in Bradford, Thoreau, Frost, and Bishop; 6. Growing Up a Goodman: Hawthorne's Way; 7. "Shall Not Perish from the Earth": The Counting of Souls in Jewett, DuBois, E.A. Robinson and Frost; 8. Disinheriting New England: Robert Lowell's Reformations -- Part III. Matriculations: In Academic Terms; 9. Winter at the Corner of Quincy and Harvard: The Brothers James;10. Upon a Peak in Beinecke: Susan Howe in the Connecticut Valley; 11. Balm for the Prodigal: Marilynne Robinson's Gilead; 12. A Fable For Critics: Autobiographical Epilogue. 330 $a"Timely and beautifully written, New England Beyond Criticism provides a passionate defense of the importance of the literature of New England to the American literary canon, and its impact on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America. An exploration and defense of the prominence of New England's literary tradition within the canon of American literature. Traces the impact of the literature of New England on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America. Includes in-depth studies of work from authors and poets such as William Bradford, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Henry David Thoreau, Susan Howe, and Marilynne Robinson. Examines the place and impression of New England literature in the nation's intellectual history and the lives of its readers"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aBlackwell manifestos. 606 $aAmerican literature$zNew England$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCollege teachers$vBiography 607 $aNew England$xIn literature 607 $aNew England$xIntellectual life 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory. 615 0$aCollege teachers 676 $a810.9/974 686 $aLIT014000$2bisacsh 700 $aNew$b Elisa$01695284 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812507503321 996 $aNew England beyond criticism$94074435 997 $aUNINA