His best known work, American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman, celebrated the achievements of several 19th-century American authors and had a profound impact on a generation of scholars.
他最著名的作品《美国文艺复兴：艾默生和惠特曼时代的艺术与表现》庆祝了几位19世纪美国作家的成就，并对一代学者产生了深远的影响。