Dlb 3: Antebellum Writers in New York & the South

by Joel Myerson

During the period from 1820 to 1860 American writers in New York and the South were concerned with breaking away from English themes and literary models, exploring the Americanness of their nations literature. The scope of their work was wide - they were novelists, poets, essayists, editors, humorists, reformers, abolitionists, historians and scientists. They portrayed native peoples and life on the American frontier. They mined local history to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810309157
• ISBN13: 9780810309159
• Release Date: July 1979
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.3"