Research Catalog

Title

American sympathy [electronic resource] : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation / Caleb Crain.

Author

Crain, Caleb

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.

Details

Description

1 online resource (x, 310 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

American sympathy (Online)

Alternative Title

American sympathy (Online)

Subject

• Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 > Characters
• Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Friendship
• American literature > Male authors > History and criticism
• Men in literature
• American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
• American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism
• Male friendship > United States > History
• Male friendship in literature
• Sympathy in literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-305) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

In the pear grove : the romance of Leander, Lorenzo, and Castalio -- The decomposition of Charles Brockden Brown : sympathy in Brown's letters -- The transformation, the self devoted, and the dead recalled : sympathy in Brown's fiction -- The unacknowledged tie : young Emerson and the love of men -- Too good to be believed : Emerson's "Friendship" and the Samaritans -- The heart ruled out : Melville's Palinode.

LCCN

00011800

OCLC

ssj0000102460

Author

Crain, Caleb.

Title

American sympathy [electronic resource] : men, friendship, and literature in the new nation / Caleb Crain.

Imprint

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-305) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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