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Young America : the flowering of democracy in New York City /

This study examines the meteoric rise and subsequent disintegration of a vigorous American literary-political movement in the 1840s. Calling itself "Young America," the group found a mouthpiece in "The Democratic Review", a literary magazine funded by the Democratic Party and edi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Widmer, Edward L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study examines the meteoric rise and subsequent disintegration of a vigorous American literary-political movement in the 1840s. Calling itself "Young America," the group found a mouthpiece in "The Democratic Review", a literary magazine funded by the Democratic Party and edited by the brash and charismatic John O'Sullivan. The Review was not only a major voice in American politics, but also sponsored such writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman and greatly influenced Herman Melville, before it and Young America faded from the national consciousness after the Mexican-American War.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.
ISBN:1423740734
9781423740735
0195356578
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0195100506
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