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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Brownell, W. C. (William Crary), 1851-1928. American prose masters: Cooper, Hawthorne, Emerson, Poe, Lowell, Henry James. Cambridge, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963 (OCoLC)575757384 |
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| Named Person: | James Fenimore Cooper; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Edgar Allan Poe; James Russell Lowell; Henry James |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
W C Brownell |
| OCLC Number: | 965208 |
| Description: | xx, 295 p. 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Cooper : Form and substance ; Defective art ; Romantic realism ; Indians ; Characters ; Women ; Patriotism -- Hawthorne : Popular estimate ; Reverie and mirage ; Allegory ; Fancy vs. imagination ; Character and environment ; Culture ; "The Scarlet letter" ; Style -- Emerson : National character ; Moral greatness ; Intellect ; Philosophy ; Culture ; Style ; Poetry ; The essays -- Poe : Exotic art ; Poetry ; Technic ; Lack of substance ; Scenic imagination ; Culture and criticism ; The Poe legend -- Lowell : Improvisation ; Personality ; Culture ; Criticism ; Style ; Poetry -- Henry James : Artistic attitude ; Realism ; Theoretic art ; Detachment ; Pursuit of the recondite ; Character portrayal ; Culture ; Style. |
| Series Title: | The John Harvard library |
| Responsibility: | Edited by Howard Mumford Jones. |
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- Cooper, James Fenimore, -- 1789-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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- Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Lowell, James Russell, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- James, Henry, -- 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- Prose américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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