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Writing revolution : aesthetics and politics in Hawthorne, Whitman, and Thoreau /

"In Writing Revolution, Peter J. Bellis explores the ways in which literature can engage with - rather than escape from or obscure - social and political issues." "Bellis argues that a number of nineteenth-century American writers, including Nathanial Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bellis, Peter J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Eighteenth Brumaire and the Magic lantern
  • Hawthorne's drama of revolt
  • Mauling Governor Pyncheon
  • Moonshine and masquerade
  • Whitman in 1855 : against representation
  • 1856 and after
  • To reconcile the people and the stones
  • Division and revenge
  • Conclusion : civil wars.