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| Author | : David S. Reynolds |
| Publisher | : Historical Guides to American Authors |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780195120820 |
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This Guide combines contemporary cultural studies and historical scholarship to illuminate Whitman's diverse contexts. The essays explore dimensions of Whitman's dynamic relationship to working-class politics, race and slavery, sexual mores, the visual arts & the idea of democracy.
| Author | : David S. Reynolds |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2000-01-13 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0199728089 |
Download A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Few authors are so well suited to historical study as Whitman, who is widely considered America's greatest poet. This Guide combines contemporary cultural studies and historical scholarship to illuminate Whitman's diverse contexts. The essays explore dimensions of Whitman's dynamic relationship to working-class politics, race and slavery, sexual mores, the visual arts, and the idea of democracy. The poet who emerges from this volume is no "solitary singer," distanced from his culture, but what he himself called "the age transfigured," fully enmeshed in his times and addressing issues that are still vital today.
| Author | : Gay Wilson Allen |
| Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780815604884 |
Download A Reader's Guide to Walt Whitman Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author of the biography of Whitman and several other books about the poet, general coeditor of The Collected Writings, and for 25 years the leading scholar of Leaves of Grass, Allen has now produced a critical guide for an intelligent reader's analysis and evaluation of current interpretations and approaches to Whitman's poetry. Its five sections are concerned with: a) the Whitman man-or-beast myth; 2) the 'long foreground' to the Leaves; 3) the nine editions, 1855-1892, of Whitman's book...; 4) the central themes or subject matter that give it unity, and the views of critics...; and 5) its form and structure as seen in a dozen individual lyrics. The result is a useful, valuable, and even remarkable capstone to a long career devoted to the study of 'A Bible for Democracy' (Whitman's phrase for Leaves of Grass).
| Author | : Shelley Fisher Fishkin |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2002-10-03 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0199729069 |
Download A Historical Guide to Mark Twain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Twain's work, including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. Like all of the Historical Guides to American Authors, this volume includes an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times.
| Author | : J. Gerald Kennedy |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2001-01-04 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0199728135 |
Download A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), son of itinerant actors, holds a secure place in the firmament of history as America's first master of suspense. Displaying scant interest in native scenes or materials, Edgar Allan Poe seems the most un-American of American writers during the era of literary nationalism; yet he was at the same time a pragmatic magazinist, fully engaged in popular culture and intensely concerned with the "republic of letters" in the United States. This Historical Guide contains an introduction that considers the tensions between Poe's "otherworldly" settings and his historically marked representations of violence, as well as a capsule biography situating Poe in his historical context. The subsequent essays in this book cover such topics as Poe and the American Publishing Industry, Poe's Sensationalism, his relationships to gender constructions, and Poe and American Privacy. The volume also includes a bibliographic essay, a chronology of Poe's life, a bibliography, illustrations, and an index.
| Author | : Donald D. Kummings |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 628 |
| Release | : 2009-10-19 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1405195517 |
Download A Companion to Walt Whitman Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars, this companion constitutes an exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America’s greatest poets. Makes the best and most up-to-date thinking on Whitman available to students Designed to make readers more aware of the social and cultural contexts of Whitman’s work, and of the experimental nature of his writing Includes contributions devoted to specific poetry and prose works, a compact biography of the poet, and a bibliography
| Author | : William E. Cain |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 2000-11-02 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0199728070 |
Download A Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As an essayist, philosopher, ex-pencil manufacturer, notorious hermit, tax protester, and all-around original thinker, Thoreau led so singular a life that he is in some ways a perfect candidate for the historical and biographical treatments made possible by the Historical Guides to American Authors series format. William E. Cain, the volume editor, includes contributions on his relationship with 19th century authority and concepts of the land, which should help the volume's reach beyond those who read Thoreau for illumination to those general readers who love him for embodying the spirit of American rebellion.
| Author | : Joel Myerson |
| Publisher | : Historical Guides to American Authors |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780195120943 |
Download A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Emerson has maintained his place as one of the seminal figures in American history and literature. He was the acknowledged leader of the Transcendentalist movement. These essays discuss Emerson's life as well as women's rights, slavery and religion.
| Author | : Vivian R. Pollak |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0195151356 |
Download A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Historical Guides to American Authors is an interdisciplinary, historically sensitive series that combines close attention to the United States' most widely read and studied authors with a strong sense of time, place, and history. Placing each writer in the context of the vibrant relationship between literature and society, volumes in this series contain historical essays written on subjects of contemporary social, political, and cultural relevance. Each volume also includes a capsule biography and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations dating from the period capture the flavor of the author's time and social milieu. Equally accessible to students of literature and of life, the volumes offer a complete and rounded picture of each author in his or her America. Book jacket.
| Author | : Steven Carl Tracy |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780195144345 |
Download A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Langston Hughes has been an inspiration to generations of readers and writers seeking a passionate and socially responsible art. In this text, Steven Tracy has gathered a range of critics to produce an interdisciplinary approach to the historical and cultural elements reflected in Hughes's work.
