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Overview
Richard Gravil explores the relationship between works of the “American Renaissance,” in particular the works of the Transcendentalists, and British Romanticism, emphasizing the significance of the American Revolution to British writers and the role of Fenimore Cooper in the foundation of American literature. He focuses on the reception of Wordsworth and Coleridge by Emerson and Thoreau, Melville's reading of Coleridge and Whitman's transfiguration of Wordsworth, the response of Hawthorne and Poe to Coleridge and Keats, and the exceptional intertextuality of Emily Dickinson.
Editorials
European Romantic Review
There are many fresh perceptions here about the complex interconnections of British and American Romanticism.European Romantic Review
There are many fresh perceptions here about the complex interconnections of British and American Romanticism.From The Critics
There are many fresh perceptions here about the complex interconnections of British and American Romanticism.Symbiosis
In Romantic Dialogues Richard Gravil carries his learning lightly,thinks deeply and writes invitingly...a major study.Booknews
Gravil (literary studies, College of Saint Mark and Saint John, UK) explores the relationship between works of the American Renaissance and British Romanticism, emphasizing the significance of the American revolution to British writers and the role of James Fennimore Cooper in the foundation of American literature. He focuses on the influence of the Romantics on American writers like Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Whitman, Hawthorne, Poe, and Dickinson. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
September 2, 2000
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Pages
272
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312227166