
The American Idea
The Literary Response to American Optimism
Everett Carter(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 1. January 1977
Book
Hardback
285 pages
978-0-8078-1279-2 (ISBN)
Description
The American idea,"" a blend of the Idea of Progress and a belief in the essential goodness of man, has determined the form of much of our significant literature. Carter treats the response to this idea in most of the major and many of the minor writers of the nineteenth century, including Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, William and Henry James, Mark Twain, Howells, and Henry Adams, and sees the persistence of the idea in the novels of Saul Bellow. ""
Originally published in 1977.
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Originally published in 1977.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-1279-2 (9780807812792)
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