Beneath the American Renaissance The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville

• Main Author: Reynolds, David S
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2011; Oxford University Press
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 19th century; American literature; History and criticism; Literature and society; Popular literature; Sensationalism in literature; Social norms in literature; Social problems in literature; Women in literature

Since its initial publication, David Reynolds's Beneath the American Renaissance has become a seminal resource for understanding American literature. It ranks alongside classics like F.O. Matthiessen's The American Renaissance, R.W.B. Lewis's The American Adam, and Eric Sundquist'...