John Neal and Nineteenth-century American Literature and Culture
Author | : Edward Watts |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781611484205 |
ISBN-13 | : 1611484200 |
Rating | : 4/5 (200 Downloads) |
Download or read book John Neal and Nineteenth-century American Literature and Culture written by Edward Watts and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Neal and Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture is a critical reassessment of American novelist, editor, critic, and activist John Neal, arguing for his importance to the ongoing reassessment of the American Renaissance and the broader cultural history of the Nineteenth Century. Contributors (including scholars from the United States, Germany, England, Italy, and Israel) present Neal as an innovative literary stylist, penetrating cultural critic, pioneering regionalist, and vital participant in the business of letters in America over his sixty-year career.