Correspondence and american literature, 1770–1865
Auteur :
Hewitt, Elizabeth
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521123730
Date de publication :
17 déc. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
360 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 American democracy before the Civil War.