Republic of letters : the American intellectual community, 1776-1865

Republic of letters : the American intellectual community, 1776-1865 / Gilman M. Ostrander.

"While much has been written about intellectual elites in American history from New England Puritans in the seventeenth century to New York Jews in the twentieth, little scholarly attention has been paid to the ongoing history of what Henry Adams called "the literary class of the United St...

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Main Author: Ostrander, Gilman M. (Gilman Marston), 1923-1986
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : Madison House, ©1999.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Literature and the revolution.
United States > Intellectual life > 18th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Collegiate Aristocracy
  • 2. The Philadelphia Enlightenment
  • 3. Republic of Belles Lettres
  • 4. Knickerbocker New York
  • 5. Brahmin Boston
  • 6. Literati in Democratic-Whig America
  • 7. The South in the Literary Republic
  • 8. Bostonization of the Literary Republic
  • Epilogue: The Academy of Arts and Letters, 1904-1909.

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