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Whitman And Dickinson, William A. Pannapacker, Paul Crumbley
Whitman And Dickinson, William A. Pannapacker, Paul Crumbley
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Leaves Of Grass (1855) And The Cities Of Whitman’S Memory, William A. Pannapacker
Leaves Of Grass (1855) And The Cities Of Whitman’S Memory, William A. Pannapacker
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This comprehensive volume celebrates the 150th anniversary of the 1855 edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grasswith twenty essays by preeminent scholars representing a variety of critical perspectives that focus exclusively on the original edition. Once regarded as primarily a collector's item, this edition is now viewed as the poet's most bold and compelling articulation of the possibilities of American democracy.
The essays weave a rich tapestry of the most current, innovative criticism on this foundational book of American poetry. The contributors treat Whitman's poetry, his biography, his politics, his reception in the United States and abroad, race and ethnic …
The Walt Whitman Archive: The Body Of Work Electric, William A. Pannapacker
The Walt Whitman Archive: The Body Of Work Electric, William A. Pannapacker
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Whitman And Dickinson, William A. Pannapacker, Paul Crumbley
Whitman And Dickinson, William A. Pannapacker, Paul Crumbley
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The City, William A. Pannapacker
Whitman’S Philadelphia And Whitman’S Camden: Retrospect And Prospect, William A. Pannapacker
Whitman’S Philadelphia And Whitman’S Camden: Retrospect And Prospect, William A. Pannapacker
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Autobiography, William A. Pannapacker
Autobiography, William A. Pannapacker
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This three-volume reference (which complements the three-volume American history through literature, 1820-1870) presents lengthy essays on works and themes in literature that contextualize them within their historical milieu. Many essays feature an individual work for the subject, describing the work's critical reception and interpretation while focusing on the events or themes it depicts, such as racism, class, or philosophical or religious belief. Thematic essays, including those on adolescence, city dwellers, humor, or social Darwinism, explore the meaning and impact of the concept during the era, with many specific literary examples. Each essay concludes with cross referencing and lists of bibliography. …
Biography, William A. Pannapacker
Biography, William A. Pannapacker
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This three-volume reference (which complements the three-volume American history through literature, 1820-1870) presents lengthy essays on works and themes in literature that contextualize them within their historical milieu. Many essays feature an individual work for the subject, describing the work's critical reception and interpretation while focusing on the events or themes it depicts, such as racism, class, or philosophical or religious belief. Thematic essays, including those on adolescence, city dwellers, humor, or social Darwinism, explore the meaning and impact of the concept during the era, with many specific literary examples. Each essay concludes with cross referencing and lists of bibliography. …
James Russell Lowell, William A. Pannapacker
James Russell Lowell, William A. Pannapacker
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A-Z entries detail the lives, works, and critical reception of more than 70 American writers of the 19th century.
The American literary canon has undergone revision and expansion in recent years, and our notions of the 19th-century renaissance have been reevaluated. Mainstream anthologies have been revised to reflect the expanding literary canon, yet resources for readers have remained widely scattered. This book expands earlier definitions of the 19th-century American Renaissance as represented by canonical writers such as Emerson and Poe, covering writers who published popular fiction and dominated the literary marketplace of the day. Included is generous coverage of women …
Walt Whitman' And 'Ralph Waldo Emerson', William A. Pannapacker
Walt Whitman' And 'Ralph Waldo Emerson', William A. Pannapacker
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This anthology brings together under one cover the most important abolitionist and--unique to this volume--proslavery documents written in the United States between the American Revolution and the Civil War. It makes accessible to students, scholars, and general readers the breadth of the slavery debate. Including many previously inaccessible documents,A House Dividedis a critical and welcome contribution to a literature that includes only a few volumes of antislavery writings and no volumes of proslavery documents in print. Mason Lowance's introduction is an excellent overview of the antebellum slavery debate and its key issues and participants. Lowance also introduces each selection, locating …
Edward Carpenter, Walt Whitman, And Working-Class ‘Comradeship.’, William A. Pannapacker
Edward Carpenter, Walt Whitman, And Working-Class ‘Comradeship.’, William A. Pannapacker
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The contributors to this volume interpret various facets of masculinity, including many forms of sexuality and eroticism, institutional structures such as boys' public schools, and class formations and divisions. The authors demonstrate how the various constructions of same-sex desire in nineteenth-century Britain function with ambivalence and antagonism. Illustrated.
A Question Of "Character": Visual Images And The Nineteenth-Century Construction Of Edgar Allan Poe, William A. Pannapacker
A Question Of "Character": Visual Images And The Nineteenth-Century Construction Of Edgar Allan Poe, William A. Pannapacker
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