Politics and skepticism in antebellum american literature
Auteur :
Mastroianni, Dominic
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107431669
Date de publication :
1 sept. 2016
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
330 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume explores the way in which antebellum American writers perceived the political implications of modern philosophical skepticism. Dominic Mastroianni offers new readings of six major American authors - Emerson, Melville, Hawthorne, Dickinson, Douglass and Jacobs - and illumines their thinking about revolution, civil war, and the world's susceptibility to transformation.