American writers and the picturesque tour: the search for national identity, 1790-1860
Auteur :
Lueck, Beth L.
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN :
9780815322856
Date de publication :
1 août 1997
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
580 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A critical survey of the picturesque tour in national literature from Charles Brockden Brown to writers of the American Renaissance, detailing how American writers' attitudes toward this European aesthetic shaped their creation of an American literary nationalism. Contains chapters on Brown's Edgar