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Frontier in American Literature /

Fussell, Edwin S.

Frontier in American Literature / Edwin S. Fussell. - 1 online resource (468 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 1332 .

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper -- CHAPTER THREE. Edgar Allan Poe -- CHAPTER FOUR. Henry David Thoreau -- CHAPTER FIVE. Herman Melville -- CHAPTER SIX. Indian Summer of the Literary West -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass -- Index

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Contents: Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper; Chapter 2: Nathaniel Hawthorne; Sketches of Western Adventure; The Scarlet Letter; Neutral Territory; Chapter 3: Edgar Allan Poe; South and West; Narratives of Exploration and Discovery; Chapter 4: Henry David Thoreau; The Essential West; Walden: The Pioneer; Walden: The Frontier; Chapter 5: Herman Melville; Early Western Travels; Moby-Dick; The Disputed Frontier; The Confidence-Man; Chapter 6: Indian Summer of the Literary West; Thoreau's Unwritten Epic; Hawthorne's Last Stand; Melville as Poet; Chapter 7: Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass; IndexOriginally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780691621296 9781400872206

10.1515/9781400872206 doi


American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.

PS169.W4

810.93