Mania for Freedom : American Literatures of Enthusiasm from the Revolutionary to the Civil War /

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1841. While this statement may read like an innocuous truism today, the claim would have been controversial in the antebellum United States when enthusiasm was a hotly contested term associated with religious fana...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kilgore, John Mac
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2016.
Subjects:
1775-1899
Enthusiasm in literature.
Protest literature, American > History and criticism.
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Enthousiasme dans la littérature.
Littérature contestataire américaine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 1775-1783 (Période révolutionnaire) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 1783-1850 > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
American literature > Revolutionary period (United States)
Protest literature, American.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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