American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman - Paperback
by Francis O. Matthiessen (Author), F. O. Matthiessen (Author)
Studies the views of 5 prominent mid-19th century writers on the function and nature of literature and how they applied these views to their works.
This text has taken its place as the definitive treatment of the most distinguished age of American literature. Centering the discussion around five literary giants of the mid-nineteenth century-Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. Matthiessen elucidates their conceptions of the nature and function of literature, and the extent to which these were realized in their writings.
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