Writing revolution : aesthetics and politics in Hawthorne, Whitman, and Thoreau

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Title:

Writing revolution : aesthetics and politics in Hawthorne, Whitman, and Thoreau

Author:

Bellis, Peter J.

Personal Author:

Bellis, Peter J.

Publication Information:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2003]

Physical Description:

vii, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Introduction : the Eighteenth Brumaire and the Magic lantern -- Hawthorne's drama of revolt -- Mauling Governor Pyncheon -- Moonshine and masquerade -- Whitman in 1855 : against representation -- 1856 and after -- To reconcile the people and the stones -- Division and revenge -- Conclusion : civil wars.

Personal Subject:

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864-Political and social views.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862-Political and social views.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892-Political and social views.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864-Aesthetics.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862-Aesthetics.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892-Aesthetics.

Subject Term:

American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Revolutionary literature, American -- History and criticism.

Aesthetics, American.