Beneath the American Renaissance : the subversive imagination in the age of Emerson and Melville /
David S. Reynolds.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1988.
- x, 625 p., [16] p. of plates : facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 569-604.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 --Contemporaries. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Contemporaries.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century Literature and society--History--United States--19th century. Popular literature--History and criticism.--United States Social problems in literature. Sensationalism in literature. Social norms in literature. Reform in literature. Women in literature.