literature, politics, and the making of Americanists /
Randall Fuller.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Haunting of American literature --Emerson in the Gilded Age --How to dismantle American culture : Van Wyck Brooks and oppositional criticism --F.O. Matthiessen and the tragedy of the American scholar --Perry Miller's errand into the wilderness --Sacvan Bercovitch as "American" scholar --Emerson's ghosts.
Emerson's ghosts
Literature, politics, and the making of Americanists
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882.
American literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
Criticism-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Politics and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.