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American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman

By Francis Otto Matthiessen
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By Francis Otto Matthiessen
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F.O. Matthiessen’s ''American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman'' is a seminal and important work of literary criticism. It analyzes the explosive cultural output of 1850–1855, focusing on how Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman shaped a distinct American literature.

The study highlights how these five writers, operating in a shared cultural context, sought to create a democratic art form that addres...

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LiteratureLiterary CriticismPoetry - Literary CriticismAmerican LiteratureAmerican Poetry - 19th Century - Literary Criticism19th Century American Literature - Literary CriticismWhitman, Walt (1819-1892)->Criticism and interpretation