Book 13: Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810 / Emory Elliott. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982
Scope and Contents
"In bringing to light the careers and works of the Republic's first men of hearts, Elliott reveals that the dissatisfaction of American writers with their society is not an exclusively modern phenomenon. On the contrary, Revolutionary Writers demonstrates that this disillusionment has been a consistent function of the intelligentsia from the moment our rebluic was formed, and has changed little since the 1780s"--Dust jacket
Dates
- Publication: 1982
Creator
- Elliott, Emory, 1942-2009 (Author, Person)
Extent
1 Books (x, 324 pages) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments (p.[vii-x)
"Introduction" (p.[3]-18)
I. "The Crisis of Authority in the Revolutionary Age" (p.[19]-54)
II. "Timothy Dwight: Pastor, Poet, and Politics" (p.[54]-91)
III. Joel Barlow: Innocence and Experience Abroad" (p.[92]-127)
IV. "Philip Freneau: Poetry of Social Commitment" (p.[128]-170)
V. "Hugh Henry Brackenridge: The Regenerative Power of American Humor" (p.[171]-217)
VI. "Charles Brockden Brown: The Burden of the Past" (p.[218]-270)
"Conclusion" (p.[271]-276)
Notes (p.[277]-302)
Selected Bibliography (p.[303]315)
Index (p.[317]-324)
- American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 -- History and criticism
- Authority in literature
- Colonies in literature
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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