Finn Pollard

The Literary Quest for an American National Character

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Produktbeschreibung

Through key literary works of revolutionary and early national America by writers (both well-known, Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper and more obscure (John Neal and Jonas Clopper)), this book shows how American national character was born and remained in bitter debate in the nation¿s formative years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780415884020
• ISBN-10: 0415884020
• Artikelnr.: 30682697

Autorenporträt

Finn Pollard is a historian of the literature and politics of revolutionary and early national United States. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and has held lectureships at the universities of Glasgow and Newcastle.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 - A Farmer asks a Question and a Scientist creates a Model (c.1760-1776)
2 - Hugh Henry Brackenridge and the Dogma of Balance
3 - The Defining Moment: Washington Irving and A History of New York
4 - The Fragments: Minor Writers (c.1810-1824)
5 - The Illusion Ascendant: James Fenimore Cooper and the Art of
Reconciliation
Conclusion: A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs
Notes
Bibliography
Index