The Routledge introduction to American renaissance literature / Larry J. Reynolds.
"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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2022.
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| Series: | Routledge introductions to American literature.
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315751627 1315751623 9781317615705 1317615700 9781317615712 1317615719 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2021) |