European Revolutions and the American Literary Renaissance

by Larry J. Reynolds

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Political issues and events have always acted as a catalyst on thought and art. In this pioneering study, Larry J. Reynolds argues that the European revolutions of 1848-49 quickened the American literary imagination and shaped the characters, plots, and themes of the American renaissance. He traces the impact of the revolutions on Emerson, Fuller, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Thoreau, showing that the upheavals abroad both inspired and disturbed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300042426

ISBN13:9780300042429

Release Date:October 1988

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Americas Criticism & Theory England Europe History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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