Transatlantic Romanticism: An Anthology of British, American, and Canadian Literature, 1767-1867This eagerly-anticipated anthology offers canonical and non-canonical texts from American, British, and Canadian Romantic writers. This long-overdue anthology of Romantic literature meets the growing demand for a coherent and flexible transatlantic Romantic reader. It offers a range of representative materials by the most central, as well as non-canonical, North American and British figures. Thematic groupings and companion readings, strategically integrated throughout the book, work together to provide lively and illuminating views of the major literary, cultural, and political debates of the transatlantic Romantic century. Accessible and engaging introductions and headnotes lead to an even greater appreciation and understanding of the prose and poetry of the transatlantic Romantic era. This is a two volume shrinkwrapped package. |
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... character . In this character of the Americans a love of freedom is the predominating feature which marks and distinguishes the whole : and as an ardent is always a jealous affection , your colonies become suspicious , restive and ...
... Character Discussed To account for , and excuse the tyranny of man , many ingenious arguments have been brought forward to prove , that the two sexes , in the acquirement of virtue , ought to aim at attaining a very different character ...
... character . If he puts a diamond in the ear of a burgomaster's wife , it is of the first water ; and his furs and stuffs are proof against a Russian winter . Raphael's gusto was only in expression ; he had no idea of the character of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 17061790 | 25 |
SAMSON OCCOM 17231792 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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