The Oxford Handbook of Early American LiteratureKevin J. Hayes Oxford University Press, 06.02.2008 - 656 Seiten The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature is a major new reference work that provides the best single-volume source of original scholarship on early American literature. Comprised of twenty-seven chapters written by experts in their fields, this work presents an authoritative, in-depth, and up-to-date assessment of a crucial area within literary studies. Organized primarily in terms of genre, the chapters include original research on key concepts, as well as analysis of interesting texts from throughout colonial America. Separate chapters are devoted to literary genres of great importance at the time of their composition that have been neglected in recent decades, such as histories, promotion literature, and scientific writing. New interpretations are offered on the works of Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards and Dr. Alexander Hamilton while lesser known figures are also brought to light. Newly vital areas like print culture and natural history are given full treatment. As with other Oxford Handbooks, the contributors cover the field in a comprehensive yet accessible way that is suitable for those wishing to gain a good working knowledge of an area of study and where it's headed. |
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... Lemay (2001, with David Shields), and Early American Writings (2002, with Angela Vietto and Amy E. Winans). She is the recipient of the Richard P. McCormick Prize in History presented by the New Jersey Historical Commission. Jillmarie ...
... Lemay (2001, with David Shields), and Early American Writings (2002, with Angela Vietto and Amy E. Winans). She is the recipient of the Richard P. McCormick Prize in History presented by the New Jersey Historical Commission. Jillmarie ...
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... (Lemay 1982). Of Joel Barlow's epic poem, Poe admitted, “We cannot stand being told ... that 'Barlow's Columbiad is a poem of considerable merit' ” (Poe 1842). Poe felt comfortable restricting his literary study to contemporary authors ...
... (Lemay 1982). Of Joel Barlow's epic poem, Poe admitted, “We cannot stand being told ... that 'Barlow's Columbiad is a poem of considerable merit' ” (Poe 1842). Poe felt comfortable restricting his literary study to contemporary authors ...
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... (Lemay 1985). The Prose Writers of America, though more original than The Poets and Poetry of America, is less expansive in its scope. Without an anthology of prose comparable to Kettell's verse anthology, Griswold ignored the ...
... (Lemay 1985). The Prose Writers of America, though more original than The Poets and Poetry of America, is less expansive in its scope. Without an anthology of prose comparable to Kettell's verse anthology, Griswold ignored the ...
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... Lemay at the University of Delaware in the late twentieth century. Following the lead of Richard Beale Davis, much of Lemay's own scholarship has involved expanding the canon of early American writings to include works from the colonial ...
... Lemay at the University of Delaware in the late twentieth century. Following the lead of Richard Beale Davis, much of Lemay's own scholarship has involved expanding the canon of early American writings to include works from the colonial ...
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... Lemay's Robert Bolling Woos Anne Miller: Love and Courtship in Colonial Virginia, 1760, and his separate publication of “Neanthe” established Robert Bolling as an important early American author. And Lemay's Calendar of American Poetry ...
... Lemay's Robert Bolling Woos Anne Miller: Love and Courtship in Colonial Virginia, 1760, and his separate publication of “Neanthe” established Robert Bolling as an important early American author. And Lemay's Calendar of American Poetry ...
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Devotional Literature | 91 |
The Augustan Age in America | 187 |
Contexts of Reading | 299 |
Expressions of Individuality | 369 |
The Revolutionary Era | 451 |
Late EighteenthCentury Prose | 525 |
Index | 613 |
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