American Sympathy: Men, Friendship, and Literature in the New Nation

by Caleb Crain

Book Overview

"A friend in history," Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "looks like some premature soul." And in the history of friendship in early America, Caleb Crain sees the soul of the nation's literature. In a sensitive analysis that weaves together literary criticism and historical narrative, Crain describes the strong friendships between men that supported and inspired some of America's greatest writing--the Gothic novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the essays...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300083327
• ISBN13: 9780300083323
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"