New England literary culture from revolution through renaissance /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Lawrence Buell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY, USA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1986.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 513 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;
Volume Designation
[15]
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-497) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Theoretical premises -- 2. A narrative overview of New England's literary development -- 3. Marketplace, ethos, practice : the Antebellum literary situation -- 4. Neoclassical continuities : the early National era and the New England literary tradition -- 5. New England poetics : Emerson, Dickinson, and others -- 6. New England oratory from Everett to Emerson -- 7. Literary scripturism -- 8. The concept of Puritan ancestry -- 9. The politics of historiography -- 10. Fictionalizing Puritan history : some problems and approaches -- 11. Hawthorne and Stowe as rival interpreters of New England Puritanism -- 12. The cultural landscape in regional poetry and prose -- 13. The village as icon -- 14. Lococentrism from Dwight to Thoreau -- 15. Cosmic grotesque -- 16. Provincial Gothic : Hawthorne, Stoddard, and others -- Appendix. Vital statistics : a quantitative analysis of authorship as a profession in New England.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Tracing New England's literary emergence through the early national and antebellum periods, author Lawrence Buell combines intensive study of texts by such major figures as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Dickinson with analyses of works by a great range of other New England writers. The result is a new and deeper look at the rise of American literary professionalism, the meaning and significance of Neoclassicism and Romanticism in America, and the conventions and ideology of some of the period's most distinctive genres. ISBN 0-521-30206-4: $34.50.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- New England-- History and criticism.
Authors, American-- Homes and haunts-- New England.
Puritan movements in literature.
Puritans-- New England.
Literatura-- Nueva Inglaterra-- Historia y crítica.
Puritanos-- Nueva Inglaterra.
Littérature américaine-- Nouvelle-Angleterre-- Histoire et critique.
Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la littérature.
Puritains-- Nouvelle-Angleterre.
American literature.
Authors, American-- Homes and haunts.
Geschichte
Geschichte (1775-1865)
Geschichte (1780-1860)
Geschichte (1800-1900)
Geschichte 1800-1900.
Intellectual life.
Literatur
Literature.
Littérature américaine-- États-Unis-- Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis)-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.