New England Beyond Criticism

In Defense of America's First Literature

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism

• Author: Elisa New
• ISBN: 9781118854556
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication: March 18, 2014
• Imprint: Wiley
• Language: English

Timely and beautifully written, New England Beyond Criticism provides a passionate defense of the importance of the literature of New England to the American literary canon, and its impact on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America.

• An exploration and defense of the prominence of New England’s literary tradition within the canon of American literature

• Traces the impact of the literature of New England on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America

• Includes in-depth studies of work from authors and poets such as William Bradford, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Henry David Thoreau, Susan Howe, and Marilynne Robinson

• Examines the place and impression of New England literature in the nation’s intellectual history and the lives of its readers