American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation / Caleb Crain.

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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Main Author: Crain, Caleb
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Brown, Charles Brockden, > 1771-1810 > Characters > Men.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882. > Friendship.
American literature > Male authors > History and criticism.
Men in literature.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
Male friendship > United States > History.
Male friendship in literature.
Sympathy in literature.
American literature > History and criticism.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • In the pear grove : the romance of Leander, Lorenzo, and Castalio
  • The decomposition of Charles Brockden Brown : sympathy in Brown's letters
  • The transformation, the self devoted, and the dead recalled : sympathy in Brown's fiction
  • The unacknowledged tie : young Emerson and the love of men
  • Too good to be believed : Emerson's "Friendship" and the Samaritans
  • The heart ruled out : Melville's Palinode.

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