Writers of the American Renaissance: An A-to-Z Guide

by Denise D. Knight

Book Overview

The American literary canon has undergone revision and expansion in recent years, and our notions of the 19th-century renaissance have been reevaluated. Mainstream anthologies have been revised to reflect the expanding literary canon, yet resources for readers have remained widely scattered. This book expands earlier definitions of the 19th-century American Renaissance as represented by canonical writers such as Emerson and Poe, covering writers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031332140X
• ISBN13: 9780313321405
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.2" x 10.2"