The Aesthetics and Politics of the Crowd in American Literature |
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| Author:
| Esteve, Mary |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-03590-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $75.95 |
Book Description:
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Esteve provides a study of crowd representations in American literature from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century. As a central icon of political and cultural democracy, the crowd occupies a prominent place in the American literary and cultural landscape. Esteve examines a range of writing by Poe, Hawthorne, Du Bois, James, and Stephen Crane among others. These writers, she argues, examine both the aesthetic and political meanings of such urban crowd scenes.
Esteve provides a study of crowd representations in American literature from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century. As a central icon of political and cultural democracy, the crowd occupies a prominent place in the American literary and cultural landscape. Esteve examines a range of writing by Poe, Hawthorne, Du Bois, James, and Stephen Crane among others. These writers, she argues, examine both the aesthetic and political meanings of such urban crowd scenes.