Empire and slavery in American literature, 1820-1865 /

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The flourishing of pre-Civil War literature known as the American Renaissance occurred in a volatile context of national expansion and sectional strife. Canonical writers such as Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Henry David Thoreau, as well as those more recently acclaimed, such a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sundquist, Eric J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Subjects:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Indians in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Peuples autochtones dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Originally published as: The Cambridge history of American literature, volume 2, 1820-1865. Cambridge England : Cambridge University Press, 1994-<2004>
Multi-User
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The land of promise
  • Exploration and empire
  • To muse on nations passed away
  • The frontier and American Indians
  • No more auction block for me
  • The literature of slavery and African American culture.

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