Scenes of Nature, Signs of Men: Essays on 19th and 20th Century American Literature

by Tony Tanner

Book Overview

This book is about the relationship of the American writer to his land and language - to the 'scene' and the 'sign', to the natural landscape and the inscriptions imposed upon it by men. Among the questions considered in the first section of the book are how does American Romantic writing differ from European; what are the peculiar problems faced by the American artist, and what roles does he adopt to tackle them; what kind of writing results when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521311551
• ISBN13: 9780521311557
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"