The American renaissance in New England.
By: edited by Wesley T. Mott.
Contributors: Mott, Wesley T.
Series: Dictionary of literary biography ;; v. 243
Publisher: Gale Group
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: American literature -- New England -- Dictionaries.; American literature -- 19th century -- Dictionaries.; American literature -- New England -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.; American literature -- 19th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- New England -- Dictionaries.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865 -- Dictionaries.; New England -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Description: Contains biographical sketches of authors who wrote or began publishing their major works during the American Renaissance in New England (between 1830 and 1860). Wide scope of authors includes: novelists, poets, essayists, editors, humorists, translators, compilers, journalists, reformers, abolitionists, scientists, lexicographers; special attention is given to the Transcendental authors - headed by Emerson and Thoreau.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-393) and index.
"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."