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The Resource American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation, Caleb Crain

American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation, Caleb Crain

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Summary
This title weaves together literary criticism and historical narrative to describe the strong friendships between men that supported and inspired some of America's greatest writing - the Gothic novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the novels of Herman Melville. The book traces the genealogy of these friendships through a series of stories. Throughout, this book demonstrates the many ways in which the struggle to commit feelings to paper informed the shape and texture of American literature
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (x, 310 pages)
Contents
  • In the pear grove : the romance of Leander, Lorenzo, and Castalio
  • The decomposition of Charles Brockden Brown : sympathy in Brown's letters
  • The transformation, the self devoted, and the dead recalled : sympathy in Brown's fiction
  • The unacknowledged tie : young Emerson and the love of men
  • Too good to be believed : Emerson's "Friendship" and the Samaritans
  • The heart ruled out : Melville's Palinode
Isbn
9781281722843
Instance
Label
American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation
Title
American sympathy
Title remainder
men, friendship, and literature in the new nation
Statement of responsibility
Caleb Crain
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This title weaves together literary criticism and historical narrative to describe the strong friendships between men that supported and inspired some of America's greatest writing - the Gothic novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the novels of Herman Melville. The book traces the genealogy of these friendships through a series of stories. Throughout, this book demonstrates the many ways in which the struggle to commit feelings to paper informed the shape and texture of American literature
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Crain, Caleb
Dewey number
810.9/352041
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PS173.M36
LC item number
C7 2001eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Brown, Charles Brockden
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • American literature
  • Men in literature
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • Male friendship
  • Male friendship in literature
  • Sympathy in literature
  • Brown, Charles Brockden
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • American literature
  • American literature
  • Male friendship
  • Male friendship in literature
  • Men in literature
  • Sympathy in literature
  • United States
  • Vriendschap
  • Sympathie
  • Mannen
  • Letterkunde
  • Amerikaans
  • Literatur
  • Männerfreundschaft
  • USA
Label
American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation, Caleb Crain
Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-305) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In the pear grove : the romance of Leander, Lorenzo, and Castalio -- The decomposition of Charles Brockden Brown : sympathy in Brown's letters -- The transformation, the self devoted, and the dead recalled : sympathy in Brown's fiction -- The unacknowledged tie : young Emerson and the love of men -- Too good to be believed : Emerson's "Friendship" and the Samaritans -- The heart ruled out : Melville's Palinode
Control code
129800228
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 310 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781281722843
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt11293z
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)129800228
Label
American sympathy : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation, Caleb Crain
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-305) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In the pear grove : the romance of Leander, Lorenzo, and Castalio -- The decomposition of Charles Brockden Brown : sympathy in Brown's letters -- The transformation, the self devoted, and the dead recalled : sympathy in Brown's fiction -- The unacknowledged tie : young Emerson and the love of men -- Too good to be believed : Emerson's "Friendship" and the Samaritans -- The heart ruled out : Melville's Palinode
Control code
129800228
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 310 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781281722843
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt11293z
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)129800228

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