The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521145800)

This Companion is the first critical collection of its kind devoted solely to American poetry of the nineteenth century. It covers a wide variety of authors, many of whom are currently being rediscovered. A number of anthologies in the recent past have been devoted to the verse of groups such as Native Americans, African-Americans and women. This volume offers essays covering these groups as well as more familiar figures such as Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow and Melville. The contents are divided between broad topics of concern such as the poetry of the Civil War or the development of the 'poetess' role and articles featuring specific authors such as Edgar Allan Poe or Sarah Piatt. In the past two decades a growing body of scholarship has been engaged in reconceptualizing and re-evaluating this largely neglected area of study in US literary history - this Companion reflects and advances this spirit of revisionism.

Author: Kerry Larson
ISBN-10: 0521145805
ISBN-13: 9780521145800
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2012
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.04w x 0.57d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2012