Aesthetic Individualism and Practical Intellect: American Allegory in Emerson, Thoreau, Adams, and James
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Aesthetic Individualism and Practical Intellect: American Allegory in Emerson, Thoreau, Adams, and James
By (Author) Olaf Hansen
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
810.9
Short-listed for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1991
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Paperback
262
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
454g
Description
Addressing vital issues in the current revision of American literary studies, Olaf Hansen carries out an exposition of American writing as a philosophical tradition. His broad and comparative view of American culture reveals the importance of the American allegory as a genuine artistic and intellectual style and as a distinct mode of thought partic
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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991
