Carlyle, Emerson and the Transatlantic Uses of Authority - Literature, Print, Performance

Analyses Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson against the background of Anglo-American print culture and oral performance Develops a new analytical framework for the study of nineteenth-century transatlantic writing that combines literary studies, book history and cultural sociology Reframes canonical works through unfamiliar texts and contexts Draws on a rich body of archival sources and historical periodical publications Offers an in-depth account of nineteenth-century Anglo-American print culture and the transatlantic lecture system Examining the transatlantic writings and professional careers of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, this book explores the impact of literary, cultural, political and legal manifestations of authority on nineteenth-century British and American writing, publishing and lecturing. Drawing on primary texts in conjunction with a rich body of archival sources, this study retraces Romantic debates about race and nationhood, analyses the relationship between cultural nationalism and literary historiography and sheds light on Carlyle's and Emerson's professional identities as publishing authors and lecturing celebrities on both sides of the Atlantic.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Interventions in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture
Release date:	August 2023
Authors:	Tim Sommer
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-9195-2
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-4744-9195-2
Barcode:	9781474491952

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