Myth and Literature in the American Renaissance Tapa dura - 1978

Indiana University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Indiana University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Indiana University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1978. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Pages are otherwise clean and clear. Binding tight.). Brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; off-white dj with black lettering, mylar cover; vii, 309 pp. There are perhaps as many definitions of myth as of romanticism, but a renewed interest in myth as "authentic tidings of invisible things" is one of the most commonly remarked characteristics of early nineteenth-century literature. American writers from Emerson to Melville were very well read in myth and in mythic theory and were highly conscious of myth as a subject of special interest to the age. Richardson shows how our major writers consciously understood and used myth. - Jacket flap. Contents: ch. 1. The two traditions -- ch. 2. Parker and Alcott: The higher criticism: Theodore parker and the mythical views of the Bible ; The affirmation of myth: Bronson Alcott and the orphic… Leer más