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American sympathy
men, friendship, and literature in the new nation
By Crain, Caleb
- ISBN
- 978-0-30008-332-3
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2001
Lingua Franca contributing editor Crain examines the tradition of sympathy and friendship between men in early American life and literature. Interpreting Charles Brockden Brown's novels Wieland and Arthur Mervyn, Emerson's essay "Friendship," and Melville's Billy Budd, Crain shows how a tradition of male discourse and ideas presents itself through personal life, friendshi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
