The representation of the self in the American Renaissance / by Jeffrey Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Jeffrey, 1947-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Knowledge and learning--Psychology.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Psychology.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Self in literature.

Psychology in literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1987]

Summary:

Using the theories of Nietzche, Freud, Jung, and Lacan--as well as the critical insights of Derrida, Iser, Ricoeur, and others--Steele explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Margaret Fuller attempted to influence readers by promoting psychological myths that functioned as ontological paradigms. She also shows that the Transcendentalist myths of the psyche are most fully revealed in the works of Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0807817503

OCLC:

15252837