Writing beyond prophecy: Emerson, Hawthorne, and Melville after the American Renaissance
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Main Author: Kevorkian, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2013
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Writing after the minister -- Emerson's call to worship -- Hawthorne's sermon -- Melville's benediction
Writing beyond Prophecy offers a new interpretation of the American Renaissance by drawing attention to a cluster of later, rarely studied works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville. Identifying a line of writing from Emerson's Conduct of Life to Hawthorne's posthumously published Elixir of Life manuscript to Melville's Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Martin Kevorkian demonstrates how these authors wrestled with their vocational calling. Early in their careers, these three authors positioned their literary pursuits as an alternative to the ministry
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0807147605
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