An examination of how the New England intelligentsia set out to establish cultural independence from England through a uniquely American literature. It looks at Emerson, Lowell, Wendell Holmes and other, to show how the coherence of their voices broke when discussing slavery, abolition and war.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
ISBN-13
9781570032448
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96211002
Product Key Features
Book Title
Genteel Rhetoric: Writing High Culture in Nineteenth-Century Boston
Author
Dorothy C. Broaddus
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
1999
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Dorothy C. Broaddus
Series Title
Studies in Rhetoric/Communication
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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