The Routledge Introduction to American Renaissance Literature (Routledge Introductions to American Literature) - Softcover

Reynolds, Larry J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138806552 ISBN 13: 9781138806559

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

Examining the most frequently taught works by key writers of the American Renaissance, including Poe, Emerson, Fuller, Douglass, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Jacobs, Stowe, Whitman, and Dickinson, this engaging and accessible book offers the crucial historical, social, and political contexts in which they must be studied. Larry J. Reynolds usefully groups authors together for more lively and fruitful discussion and engages with current as well as historical theoretical debates on the area. The book includes essential biographical and historical information to situate and contextualize the literature, and incorporates major relevant criticism in each chapter. Recommended readings for further study, along with a list of works cited, conclude each chapter.

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About the Author

Larry J. Reynolds is a University Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University. He is a leading scholar of the American Renaissance and has abundant experience teaching and writing for undergraduate audiences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138806552
• ISBN 13: 9781138806559
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198