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Beneath the American Renaissance
David S. Reynolds
其他書名
The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville
出版Oxford University Press, 2011-06-01
主題Literary Criticism / American / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th CenturyLiterary Criticism / Books & ReadingLiterary Criticism / General
ISBN01999764069780199976409
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nvLBBRnRr4YC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The award-winning Beneath the American Renaissance is a classic work on American literature. It immeasurably broadens our knowledge of our most important literary period, as first identified by F.O. Matthiessen's American Renaissance. With its combination of sharp critical insight, engaging observation, and narrative drive, it represents the kind of masterful cultural history for which David Reynolds is known. Here the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson receive striking, original readings set against the rich backdrop of contemporary popular writing. Now back in print, the volume includes a new foreword by historian Sean Wilentz that reveals the book's impact and influence. A magisterial work of criticism and cultural history, Beneath the American Renaissance will fascinate anyone interested in the genesis of America's most significant literary epoch and the iconic figures who defined it.