| Edition |
[1st ed.]. |
| Description |
viii, 370 pages portraits (on lining papers) 25 cm |
| Series |
A Harvest Book. |
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Harvest book.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Acknowledgments" (p. 355-356). |
| Contents |
Prologue: a New Yorker comes home -- The Knickerbocker set -- Lewis Gaylord Clark's table -- Knickerbocker Whiggery -- John Waters -- Harry Franco -- Chowder -- Young America -- The Tetractys Club -- A protective tariff for native genius -- A pattern of alliances -- Maelstrom in the microcosm -- The literary prospects of 1845 -- Big Abel and the little Manhattan -- The timeliness of Toby -- Tom Pepper -- Literary worlds -- Rear-guard action -- A greater than Shakespeare? -- Hautia -- Recoil -- An American idyl -- A Berkshire idyl -- The genius of Charles Dickens -- A savage at heart -- Epilogue: ghosts. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Authorship.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Authorship.
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Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878.
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Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873.
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Criticism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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Authors and publishers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
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18.06 Anglo-American literature. (NL-LeOCL)077611985
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Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873. (OCoLC)fst00265914
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Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878. (OCoLC)fst00188016
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. (OCoLC)fst00030216
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. (OCoLC)fst00032674
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Authors and publishers. (OCoLC)fst00821733
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Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442
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Criticism. (OCoLC)fst00883735
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Literature publishing. (OCoLC)fst01000111
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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Letterkunde.
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Amerikaans.
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Literair leven.
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Literatura norte americana (historia e critica)
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. (NL-LeOCL)068374216
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. (NL-LeOCL)068404484
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Indexed Term |
American literature 19th century History and criticism Theory, etc |
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Authors and publishers New York (State) New York History 19th century |
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Clark, Lewis Gaylord 1808-1873 |
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Criticism New York (State) New York History 19th century |
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Duyckinck, Evert A (Evert Augustus) 1816-1878 |
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Literature publishing New York (State) New York History 19th century |
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Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Authorship |
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New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 19th century |
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Poe, Edgar Allan 1809-1849 Authorship |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Miller, Perry, 1905-1963. Raven and the whale. [1st ed.]. New York, Harcourt, Brace [1956] (OCoLC)569973961 |
