Myth and Literature in the American RenaissanceThere are perhaps as many definitions of myth as of romanticism, but a renewed interest in myth as "authentic tidings of invisible things" is one of the most commonly remarked characteristics of early nineteenth-century literature. American writers from Emerson to Melville were very well read in myth and in mythic theory and were highly conscious of myth as a subject of special interest to the age. Richardson shows how our major writers consciously understood and used myth. - Jacket flap. |
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... become angels . They who do deformities become deformed . We are not immoveably moored as we are apt to think to any bottom . " Most of Emerson's early comments on metamorphosis are warnings ; he is most keenly aware of the degradation ...
... become angels . They who do deformities become deformed . We are not immoveably moored as we are apt to think to any bottom . " Most of Emerson's early comments on metamorphosis are warnings ; he is most keenly aware of the degradation ...
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... become typical to us of nature by giving it emphasis . The world is a Dancer , it is a Rosary ; it is a Torrent . . . . " The language and the idea of metamorphosis are Emerson's way of talking about organic form . This is clear from a ...
... become typical to us of nature by giving it emphasis . The world is a Dancer , it is a Rosary ; it is a Torrent . . . . " The language and the idea of metamorphosis are Emerson's way of talking about organic form . This is clear from a ...
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... become plastic . " 41 Melville has done something similar here , but has gone one step further , making us see how a ... becoming at last , for the reader as for Ahab , a revelation of the divine in nature . If Melville's skillful ...
... become plastic . " 41 Melville has done something similar here , but has gone one step further , making us see how a ... becoming at last , for the reader as for Ahab , a revelation of the divine in nature . If Melville's skillful ...
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