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Emerson's ghosts : literature, politics, and the making of Americanists / Randall Fuller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuller, Randall, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- American literature.
- Criticism--United States--History--20th century.
- Criticism.
- Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Criticism and interpretation--History.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Other Title:
- Literature, politics, and the making of Americanists
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study examines the way influential 20th century critics have understood and deployed Emerson as part of their own larger projects aimed at reconceiving America.
- Contents:
- Haunting of American literature
- Emerson in the Gilded Age
- How to dismantle American culture : Van Wyck Brooks and oppositional criticism
- F.O. Matthiessen and the tragedy of the American scholar
- Perry Miller's errand into the wilderness
- Sacvan Bercovitch as "American" scholar
- Emerson's ghosts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029535-X
- 0-19-975201-X
- 1-4356-1994-3
- 9786611163822
- 0-19-804282-5
- 1-281-16382-1
- OCLC:
- 190864472
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