Cover is for reference only

New England beyond criticism : in defense of America's first literature /

"Timely and beautifully written, New England Beyond Criticism provides a passionate defense of the importance of the literature of New England to the American literary canon, and its impact on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America. An exploration and defense of the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: New, Elisa
Published: Wiley Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Wiley Blackwell manifestos
Subjects:
New, Elisa
American literature > New England > History and criticism
Literature and society > United States > History
College teachers > Biography
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
American literature
College teachers
Intellectual life
Literature
Literature and society
New England > In literature
New England > Intellectual life
United States > Intellectual life
New England
United States
Electronic books
Biography
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118854587
Summary: "Timely and beautifully written, New England Beyond Criticism provides a passionate defense of the importance of the literature of New England to the American literary canon, and its impact on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America. An exploration and defense of the prominence of New England's literary tradition within the canon of American literature. Traces the impact of the literature of New England on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America. Includes in-depth studies of work from authors and poets such as William Bradford, Emily Dick
Item Description: The final chapter, A Fable for Critics: Autobiographical Epilogue, is about the author.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118854556 (ePub)
1118854551 (ePub)
9781118854563 (Adobe PDF)
111885456X (Adobe PDF)
9781118854587
1118854586
Index Number: PS243
CLC: I711.065
Contents: 1. Introduction: New England Beyond Criticism. Part I. Excitations: Protestant Ups and Downs; 2. Variety as Religious Experience: Four Case Studies: Dickinson, Edwards, Taylor and Cotton; 3. The Popularity of Doom: From Wigglesworth, Poe and Stowe through the The Da Vinci Code; 4. I Take "no less than skies": Dickinson's Flights -- Part II. Congregations: Rites of Assembly; 5. Lost in the Woods Again: Coming Home to Wilderness in Bradford, Thoreau, Frost, and Bishop; 6. Growing Up a Goodman: Hawthorne's Way; 7. "Shall Not Perish from the Earth": The Counting of Souls in Jewett, DuBois, E.A.

Related Book Recommendations