Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810
Elliott demonstrates how America's first men of letters—Timothy Dwight, Joel Barlow, Philip Freneau, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and Charles Brockden Brown—sought to make individual genius in literature express the collective genius of the American people. Without literary precedent to aid them, Elliott argues, these writers attempted to convey a vision of what America ought to be; and when the moral imperatives implicit in their writings were rejected by the vast number of their countrymen they became pioneers of another sort—the first to experience the alienation from mainstream American culture that would become the fate of nearly all serious writers who would follow.
1112547294
Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810
Elliott demonstrates how America's first men of letters—Timothy Dwight, Joel Barlow, Philip Freneau, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and Charles Brockden Brown—sought to make individual genius in literature express the collective genius of the American people. Without literary precedent to aid them, Elliott argues, these writers attempted to convey a vision of what America ought to be; and when the moral imperatives implicit in their writings were rejected by the vast number of their countrymen they became pioneers of another sort—the first to experience the alienation from mainstream American culture that would become the fate of nearly all serious writers who would follow.
24.95 In Stock
Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810

Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810

by Emory Elliott
Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810
Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810

Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, 1725-1810

by Emory Elliott

eBook

$24.95 

Available on Compatible NOOK devices, the free NOOK App and in My Digital Library.
WANT A NOOK?  Explore Now

Related collections and offers

LEND ME® See Details

Overview

Elliott demonstrates how America's first men of letters—Timothy Dwight, Joel Barlow, Philip Freneau, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, and Charles Brockden Brown—sought to make individual genius in literature express the collective genius of the American people. Without literary precedent to aid them, Elliott argues, these writers attempted to convey a vision of what America ought to be; and when the moral imperatives implicit in their writings were rejected by the vast number of their countrymen they became pioneers of another sort—the first to experience the alienation from mainstream American culture that would become the fate of nearly all serious writers who would follow.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198020387
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/29/2000
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 376 KB

About the Author

University of California, Riverside
From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews