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At Emerson's tomb : the politics of classic American literature
- Title
- At Emerson's tomb : the politics of classic American literature / John Carlos Rowe.
- Author
- Rowe, John Carlos.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1997], ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS217.P64 R69 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 302 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Political and social views
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Literature and society > United States
- Antislavery movements > United States
- Women's rights in literature
- Liberalism in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Race in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-292) and index.
- Contents
- 1. At Emerson's Tomb -- 2. "Hamlet's Task": Emerson's Political Writings -- 3. Antebellum Slavery and Modern Criticism: Edgar Allan Poe's Pym and "The Purloined Letter" -- 4. A Critique of Ideology: Herman Melville's Pierre -- 5. Between Politics and Poetics: Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of an American Slave, Written by Himself -- 6. Reconstructing The Family: Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl -- 7. The Body Poetic: Walt Whitman's Drum-Taps -- 8. Fatal Speculations - Murder, Money, and Manners: Mark Twain's The Gilded Age and Pudd'nhead Wilson -- 9. The Politics of Innocence: Henry James' The American -- 10. The Economics of The Body: Kate Chopin's The Awakening -- 11. The African-American Voice: William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses -- 12. Revivals.
- ISBN
- 0231058942 (cl : acid-free paper)
- 0231058950 (pa : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 96024554
- OCLC
- ocm34876092
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries