American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation / Caleb Crain.
This title weaves together literary criticism and historical narrative to describe the strong friendships between men that supported and inspired some of America's greatest writing - the Gothic novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the novels of Herman Melvill...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2001.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This title weaves together literary criticism and historical narrative to describe the strong friendships between men that supported and inspired some of America's greatest writing - the Gothic novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the novels of Herman Melville. The book traces the genealogy of these friendships through a series of stories. Throughout, this book demonstrates the many ways in which the struggle to commit feelings to paper informed the shape and texture of American literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300133677 0300133677 1281722847 9781281722843 |