The Cambridge companion to the literature of the American Renaissance / edited by Christopher N. Phillips.
| Call Number | 810.9/003 |
| Title | The Cambridge companion to the literature of the American Renaissance / edited by Christopher N. Phillips. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xvii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Cambridge companions to literature |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Apr 2018). |
| Summary | The American Renaissance has been a foundational concept in American literary history for nearly a century. The phrase connotes a period, as well as an event, an iconic turning point in the growth of a national literature and a canon of texts that would shape American fiction, poetry, and oratory for generations. F. O. Matthiessen coined the term in 1941 to describe the years 1850–1855, which saw the publications of major writings by Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. This Companion takes up the concept of the American Renaissance and explores its origins, meaning, and longevity. Essays by distinguished scholars move chronologically from the formative reading of American Renaissance authors to the careers of major figures ignored by Matthiessen, including Stowe, Douglass, Harper, and Longfellow. The volume uses the best of current literary studies, from digital humanities to psychoanalytic theory, to illuminate an era that reaches far beyond the Civil War and continues to shape our understanding of American literature. |
| Added Author | Phillips, Christopher N., editor. |
| Subject | American literature 19th century History and criticism. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | The American Renaissance has been a foundational concept in American literary history for nearly a century. The phrase connotes a period, as well as an event, an iconic turning point in the growth of a national literature and a canon of texts that would shape American fiction, poetry, and oratory for generations. F. O. Matthiessen coined the term in 1941 to describe the years 1850–1855, which saw the publications of major writings by Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. This Companion takes up the concept of the American Renaissance and explores its origins, meaning, and longevity. Essays by distinguished scholars move chronologically from the formative reading of American Renaissance authors to the careers of major figures ignored by Matthiessen, including Stowe, Douglass, Harper, and Longfellow. The volume uses the best of current literary studies, from digital humanities to psychoanalytic theory, to illuminate an era that reaches far beyond the Civil War and continues to shape our understanding of American literature. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Apr 2018). |
| Subject | American literature 19th century History and criticism. |
| Multimedia |