Cultural authority in the age of Whitman : a transatlantic perspective / / Günter Leypoldt [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Leypoldt Günter
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 811.3
• Soggetto topico: American poetry - 19th century - History and criticism; Whitman, Walt - Influence; LITERARY CRITICISM / General
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-288) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHITMAN AND THE 'LAWLESS MUSIC' OF AMERICAN CULTURE; TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY US DISCOURSE; CHAPTER 1 THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY INTELLECTUAL FIELD; CHAPTER 2 US DISCOURSE AND THE EXPRESSIVIST TURN; REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORS; CHAPTER 3 THE POET AS ORPHIC SINGER: RALPH WALDO EMERSON; CHAPTER 4 WALT WHITMAN AND THE POETRY OF THE FUTURE; CONCEPTUAL FIELDS OF US CULTURE; CHAPTER 5 THE MUSIC OF AMERICA; Chapter 6 NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE SMELL OF THE WOODS; Chapter 7 THE DEMOCRATIC MUSE ; INVENTING WHITMANIAN AUTHORITY Chapter 8 CONTEMPORARY RECEPTION; Chapter 9 WHITMAN AMONG THE MODERNS; EPILOG: AFTER THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book deals with narratives of cultural legitimation in nineteenth-century US literature in a transatlantic context.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural authority in the age of Whitman
• ISBN: 1-4744-7026-2; 0-7486-5165-9; 1-282-62028-2; 9786612620287; 0-7486-3575-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807604203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures.