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American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation
- Title
- American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation / Caleb Crain.
- Author
- Crain, Caleb.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
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Details
- Description
- x, 310 p. : ill., ports.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Male friendship in literature
- Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 > Characters > Men
- American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- American literature > Male authors > History and criticism
- Men in literature
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Friendship
- Sympathy in literature
- Male friendship > United States > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-305) and index.
- Contents
- In the pear grove : the romance of Leander, Lorenzo, and Castalio -- The decomposition of Charles Brockden Brown : sympathy in Brown's letters -- The transformation, the self devoted, and the dead recalled : sympathy in Brown's fiction -- The unacknowledged tie : young Emerson and the love of men -- Too good to be believed : Emerson's "Friendship" and the Samaritans -- The heart ruled out : Melville's Palinode.
- Call Number
- JFE 01-10291
- ISBN
- 0300083327 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00011800
- OCLC
- 45166603
- Author
- Crain, Caleb.
- Title
- American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation / Caleb Crain.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-305) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 01-10291