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Author Belknap, Robert E., 1966-

Title The list : the uses and pleasures of cataloguing / Robert E. Belknap.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 252 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
Contents The literary list -- Emerson -- Whitman -- Melville -- Thoreau.
Summary Robert Belknap first examines lists through the centuries, from Sumerian account tablets and Homer's catalogue of ships to Tom Sawyer's earnings from his fence-painting scheme. He then focuses on lists in the works of four American Renaissance authors - Emerson, Whitman, Melville and Thoreau.
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Subject Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Technique.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Technique.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Technique.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Technique.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Technique.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Technique.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Technique.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Technique.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Technique.
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Lists in literature.
Lists in literature.
Catalogs in literature.
Catalogs in literature.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Belknap, Robert E., 1966- List. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2004016113
ISBN 9780300127195 (electronic book)
0300127197 (electronic book)
1281740764
9781281740762
9780300103830
0300103832