Correspondence and American literature, 1770-1865
Elizabeth Hewitt uncovers the centrality of letter-writing to antebellum American literature. She argues that many canonical American authors, including Jefferson, Emerson, Melville, Dickinson and Whitman, turned to the epistolary form as an idealised genre with which to consider the challenges of A...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2004.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 146. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38397602*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : universal letter-writers
- 1. National letters
- 2. Emerson and Fuller's phenomenal letters
- 3. Melville's dead letters
- 4. Jacob's letters from nowhere
- 5. Dickinson's lyrical letters
- Conclusion : Whitman's universal letters.
