Industry & the creative mind : the eccentric writer in American literature and entertainment, 1790-1860 /

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"Industry and the Creative Mind takes a radically new look at the figure of the eccentric, alienated writer in American literature and entertainment from 1790 to 1860. Traditional scholarship takes for granted that the eccentric writer, modeled by such Romantic beings as Lord Byron and brought...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tomc, Sandra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Eccentric literature > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Eccentrics in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature excentrique > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
American literature
Eccentric literature
Eccentrics in literature
Literature and society
United States
Multi-User.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Anywhere but Here: Provincial Literature and the "Miseries of Literary Men"
  • 2. Personifying Vernacular Eccentricity: Joseph Dennie and the American Lounger
  • 3. "Too Much above the Popular Level to Be Well Paid": Edgar Allan Poe, His Peers, and the Rewards of Genius
  • 4. An Idle Industry: Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Workings of Literary Leisure
  • 5. "As Crazy as a Fly in a Drum": The Eccentric Woman Writer
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index

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