The literary quest for an American national character [electronic resource] / Finn Pollard.
Series: Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 9.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: xiii, 257 pISBN:- 9780203885918
- American literature -- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 -- History and criticism
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism
- Group identity in literature
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-245) and index.
A farmer asks a question and a scientist creates a model -- Hugh Henry Brackenridge and the dogma of balance -- The defining moment : Washington Irving and A history of New York -- The fragments : minor writers, c. 1810-1824 -- The illusion ascendant : James Fenimore Cooper and the art of reconciliation -- Conclusion : A nice derangement of epitaphs.
Also available in print edition.
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