05228cam a2200877 i 4500 ocn870211388 OCoLC 20171031100724.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 140206s2014 enk ob 001 0aeng 2014005193 9781118854556 (ePub) 1118854551 (ePub) 9781118854563 (Adobe PDF) 111885456X (Adobe PDF) 9781118854532 (hardback) 9781118854587 1118854586 9781118854549 1118854543 NZ1 15568527 NZ1 15906737 DEBBG BV043396538 (OCoLC)870211388 (OCoLC)961584164 (OCoLC)962669222 6F9CFB06-A21A-4338-81F6-3032DDE43DFF OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com DLC eng rda DLC YDX IDEBK N$T DG1 E7B CUS YDXCP OCLCF CDX NLGGC TEFOD OCLCO COO TEFOD OCLCO EBLCP OCLCQ OCL OCLCO DEBBG OCLCA pcc n-usn-- MAIN PS243 BIO 007000 bisacsh LIT 004020 bisacsh 810.9/974 23 LIT014000 bisacsh New, Elisa. New England beyond criticism : in defense of America's first literature / Elisa New. [electronic resource] In defense of America's first literature Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014. 1 online resource. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Wiley Blackwell manifestos The final chapter, A Fable for Critics: Autobiographical Epilogue, is about the author. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Introduction: New England Beyond Criticism. Part I. Excitations: Protestant Ups and Downs; 2. Variety as Religious Experience: Four Case Studies: Dickinson, Edwards, Taylor and Cotton; 3. The Popularity of Doom: From Wigglesworth, Poe and Stowe through the The Da Vinci Code; 4. I Take "no less than skies": Dickinson's Flights -- Part II. Congregations: Rites of Assembly; 5. Lost in the Woods Again: Coming Home to Wilderness in Bradford, Thoreau, Frost, and Bishop; 6. Growing Up a Goodman: Hawthorne's Way; 7. "Shall Not Perish from the Earth": The Counting of Souls in Jewett, DuBois, E.A. Robinson and Frost; 8. Disinheriting New England: Robert Lowell's Reformations -- Part III. Matriculations: In Academic Terms; 9. Winter at the Corner of Quincy and Harvard: The Brothers James;10. Upon a Peak in Beinecke: Susan Howe in the Connecticut Valley; 11. Balm for the Prodigal: Marilynne Robinson's Gilead; 12. A Fable For Critics: Autobiographical Epilogue. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. New, Elisa. New, Elisa fast (OCoLC)fst01927848 New, Elisa. American literature New England History and criticism. Literature and society United States History. College teachers Biography. LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry. bisacsh American literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00807113 College teachers. fast (OCoLC)fst00868114 Intellectual life. fast (OCoLC)fst00975769 Literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00999953 Literature and society. fast (OCoLC)fst01000096 New England In literature. New England Intellectual life. United States Intellectual life. New England. fast (OCoLC)fst01241913 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Electronic books. Biography. fast (OCoLC)fst01423686 Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. Print version: New, Elisa. New England beyond criticism New York : Wiley, 2014 9781118854532 (DLC) 2013050115 Wiley-Blackwell manifestos. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118854587 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 207267 207267