The flowering of New England

by Van Wyck Brooks

Book Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007FCC7C
• Release Date: January 1957
• Publisher: Dutton
• Length: 563 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

As Beautiful as a Flower!

This book I picked up from the old books section of Strand book store in New York City. Wow what a jewel. I have read many exclusive books on Emerson, Thoreau, Quincy Adams, Webster, etc., but this book is a smorgasbord in a single book. No wonder it won a Pulitzer and National book award. English is my second language and I immigrated to America just 7 years back but I loved the writing style of the early 20th century in America and the literary horizon of New England at that time. I am definitely picking other books by this author. Try also my other favorite books about the New England characters in the above book. 1. Emerson: The Mind on Fire, 2.Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind 3.The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail: A Play 4.Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time 5.John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life 6. John Adams-David McCullough

A beautifully written story of 19th enlightenment

This beautifully written book often matches the eloquence of its 19th century New England subjects - Hawthorne, Emerson, Parker, Thoreau, etc. You read this book and quickly grasp the genesis of contemporary ideas (whether you agree with them or not). It will also make you yearn for a simpler, more genteel time. I would recommend anything by this author.