Title: Imagining Boston : a literary landscape /
Authors: O'Connell, Shaun.
Publisher: Beacon Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: American literature Massachusetts Boston History and criticism.; Authors, American Homes and haunts Massachusetts Boston.; Literary landmarks Massachusetts Boston.; Cities and towns in literature; City and town life in literature; Boston (Mass.) In literature.; Boston (Mass.) Intellectual life.
Contents: 1. Approaching Boston -- 2. Hawthorne's Boston and other imaginary places -- 3. Boston, the right American stuff -- 4. Irish America's red brick city -- 5. Black Boston's books -- 6. Boston manners and morals -- 7. Boston's sphere of influence -- 8. A New England genius -- 9. Boston, city of spirit and flesh.