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Author Hewitt, Elizabeth, 1965-

Title Correspondence and American literature, 1770-1865 / by Elizabeth Hewitt.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 230 pages).
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Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 146
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 146.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-225) and index.
Contents Introduction : universal letter-writers -- 1. National letters -- 2. Emerson and Fuller's phenomenal letters -- 3. Melville's dead letters -- 4. Jacob's letters from nowhere -- 5. Dickinson's lyrical letters -- Conclusion : Whitman's universal letters.
Summary Elizabeth Hewitt uncovers the centrality of letter-writing to antebellum American literature. She argues that many canonical American authors, including Jefferson, Emerson, Melville, Dickinson and Whitman, turned to the epistolary form as an idealised genre with which to consider the challenges of American democracy before the Civil War.
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Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Letter writing in literature.
Letter writing in literature.
Letter writing -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Letter writing.
United States.
History.
Letter writing -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 1783-1850
Subject Epistolary fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Epistolary fiction, American.
Epistolary poetry, American -- History and criticism.
Epistolary poetry, American.
American letters -- History and criticism.
American letters.
Letters in literature.
Letters in literature.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Hewitt, Elizabeth. Correspondence and American literature, 1770-1865. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2004045713
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