American Literature in Transition, 1851–1877

Author:   Cody Marrs (University of Georgia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9781108474542


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   23 June 2022
Format:   Hardback
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American Literature in Transition, 1851–1877


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Between 1851 and 1877, the U.S. underwent a whirlwind of change. This volume offers a fresh account of this important era, assessing the many developments - both major and minor - that transformed American literature. In a wide range of chapters, scholars re-examine literary history before, during, and after the Civil War, revealing significant changes not only in how literature is written but also in how it is conceived, distributed, and consumed. Cutting across literary periods that are typically considered separate and distinct, and incorporating an array of methods and approaches, this volume discloses the Long Civil War to be an era of ongoing struggle and cultural contestation. It thus captures the dynamism of this period in American literary history as well as its ever-evolving field of study.

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Author:   Cody Marrs (University of Georgia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781108474542


ISBN 10:   1108474543
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   23 June 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Cody Marrs; I. Careers: 1. Emily Dickinson Cristanne Miller; 2. Frederick Douglass Gregory Laski; 3. Augusta Jane Evans Melissa Homestead; 4. Herman Melville Brian Yothers; 5. John Rollin Ridge Alanna Hickey; 6. Walt Whitman Peter Riley; 7. Anonymous Michael Cohen; II. Networks: 8. Newspapers and Periodicals Ryan Cordell; 9. Transamerican Literature Alberto Varon; 10. Oceanic Literature Edward Sugden; 11. Romanticism Jennifer Baker; 12. Realism Todd Carmody; III. Exchanges: 13. Literature and/as Philosophy Michael Jonik; 14. Literature and/as Science Mark Noble; 15. Literature and/as Ecology Juliana Chow; 16. Literature and/as Economics Andrew Kopec; IV. The Long Civil War: 17. The War before the War Maurice Lee; 18. Union Literature Ian Finseth; 19. Confederate Literature Christopher Hanlon; 20. Reconstruction Literature Elizabeth Renker; 21. The Global Civil War Elizabeth Duquette.

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Cody Marrs is a Professor of English at the University of Georgia. He is the author of An Aesthetics in All Things: Melville, Beauty, and American Literary Studies, Not Even Past: The Stories We Keep Telling About the Civil War, and Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Long Civil War; the editor of The New Melville Studies; and a co-editor of Timelines of American Literature. He lives with his family in Athens, Georgia.

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