Romanticism and Transcendentalism: 1800-1860An engaging, full-color illustrated guide to the romantic and transcendentalist era in American literature, this updated volume provides important information on the foundations of romantic thought, romanticism and the new nation, gothic romance and sentimentalism, transcendentalism, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, and romanticism and poetic voice. New to this edition is a section discussing American idealism.
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Contents
Preface | 4 |
2 Romanticism and the New Nation | 16 |
3 Transcendentalism | 30 |
4 The Literature of Romantic Reform | 42 |
5 The Critical Romantics | 55 |
6 Romanticism and Poetic Voice | 69 |
7 The Transcendentalists and the American Indian | 83 |
Timeline | 107 |
Glossary of Terms | 112 |
Biographical Glossary | 115 |
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Other editions - View all
Romanticism and Transcendentalism, 1800-1860: American Literature in Its ... Jerry R. Phillips No preview available - 2005 |
Romanticism and Transcendentalism: 1800-1860, Volume 2 Jerry R. Phillips,Andrew Ladd,Michael Anesko No preview available - 2006 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Romanticism and Transcendentalism: 1800-1860 Volume 2 of Backgrounds to American literature, Andrew Ladd |
| Authors | Andrew Ladd, Jerry R. Phillips, Karen Meyers |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Infobase Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1604134860, 9781604134865 |
| Length | 126 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century Juvenile Nonfiction / Literary Criticism & Collections |
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