American renaissance; art and expression in the age of Emerson and Whitman / [by] F. O. Matthiessen.

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American Renaissance has taken its place as the definitive treatment of that most distinguished age of our literature. Centering his discussion around five of its literary giants--Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman--Matthiessen elucidates their conceptions of nature and the function...

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Main Author: Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950
Language:English
Published: London ; New York [etc.] : Oxford university press, [1941], [©1941]
Subjects:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature > Philosophy.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892.
Physical Description:xxiv pages, 2 leaves, 3-678 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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