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 | | The Cambridge History of American Literature, Vol. 2: Prose Writing, 1820-1865 (The Cambridge History of American Literature) by Sacvan Bercovitch (Editor) ISBN-10: 9780521301060 ISBN-10: 0-521-30106-8 ISBN-13: 9780521301060 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-30106-0 Hardcover 1995-01-27 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description The narratives in this volume make for a four-fold perspective on literature: social, cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic; they constitute a basic reassessment of American prose-writing between 1820 and 1865. These narratives place the American literature in an international context, while never losing sight of its distinctive American characteristics, whether colonial, provincial, or national. Together, they offer a compelling and comprehensive revision of the literary importance of early American history and the historical value of early American literature. | ||
Book Description This is the fullest and richest account of the American Renaissance available in any literary history. The narratives in this volume made for a four-fold perspective on literature: social, cultural, intellectual and aesthetic. Together these constitute a basic reassessment of American prose-writing between 1820 and 1865. It is an achievement that will remain authoritative for our time and that will set new directions for coming decades in American literary scholarship. | ||