Literary Transcendentalism Style and Vision in the American Renaissance
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ArtikelUtgivningsinformation: Ithaca Cornell University Press Cornell University Press [Imprint] 2016Beskrivning: 1 electronic resource (336 p.)Innehållstyp: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780801407871
- 9780801491528
- 9781501707650
- 9781501707667
- Biography, Literature and Literary studies
- Literature: history and criticism
- Literary studies: general
- Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
- D Biography
- DS Literature
- DSB Literary studies
- DSBF Literary studies
- Literature
- Literature and Literary studies
- c 1800 to c 1900
- general
- history and criticism
- thema EDItEUR
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Broader in scope than any previous literary study of the transcendentalists, this rewarding book analyzes the theories and forms characteristic of a vital group of American writers, as well as the principles and vision underlying transcendentalism. All the movement's major literary figures and forms are considered in detail. Lawrence Buell combines intellectual history and critical explication, giving equal attention to general trends and to particular works and individuals. His chapters on conversation, religious discourse, catalog rhetoric, and literary travelogue treat intensively topics that have been relatively neglected. His analyses of Ellery Channing's poetry and the use of persona in Emerson and Very are also innovative. In the final section, he offers the first systematic account of the autobiographical tradition in transcendentalist writing. This incisive and sympathetic overview of transcendentalist writing and thought will attract readers interested in American culture, and it will suggest new critical approaches to nonfiction. ; Broader in scope than any previous literary study of the transcendentalists, this rewarding book analyzes the theories and forms characteristic of a vital group of American writers, as well as the principles and vision underlying transcendentalism. All the movement's major literary figures and forms are considered in detail. Lawrence Buell combines intellectual history and critical explication, giving equal attention to general trends and to particular works and individuals. His chapters on conversation, religious discourse, catalog rhetoric, and literary travelogue treat intensively topics that have been relatively neglected. His analyses of Ellery Channing's poetry and the use of persona in Emerson and Very are also innovative. In the final section, he offers the first systematic account of the autobiographical tradition in transcendentalist writing.This incisive and sympathetic overview of transcendentalist writing and thought will attract readers interested in American culture, and it will suggest new critical approaches to nonfiction.
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