Literary Democracy: The Declaration Of Cultural Independence In America

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Tries to explain the development of a true American literature in the midnineteenth century by examining the careers of writers like Melville, Hawthorne, Whitman, and Thoreau

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  • Year: 1,981

  • Edition: 1st

  • Pages: 333

  • Pages In File: 372

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 102

  • Identifier: 0670430269,9780670430260

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