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The Idea of Authorship in America

The Idea of Authorship in America

Paperback (31 Jul 1990)

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Publisher's Synopsis

An analysis of American writing from its beginnings to the Civil War. The author discusses democracy in American literature as a working principle and studies the work of Franklin, Brockden Brown, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne and Melville.

Book information

ISBN: 9780299124847
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint: The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: -1g
Height: 222mm
Width: 146mm
Spine width: 19mm