American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Method and Scope vii
• Acknowledgments xvii
• Contents xxi
• Illustrations xxv
• Note on the ILlustrations xxvi
• Book One - From Emerson to Thoreau 1
• I - In the Optative Mood 3
• II - The Actual Glory 76
• III - The Metaphysical Strain 100
• IV - The Organic Principle 133
• Book Two - Hawthorne 177
• V - The VIsion of Evil 179
• VI Problem of the Artist as New Englander 192
• VII - Allegory and Symbolism 242
• VIII - A Dark Necessity 316

• Title Page iii
• Method and Scope vii
• Acknowledgments xvii
• Contents xxi
• Illustrations xxv
• Note on the ILlustrations xxvi
• Book One - From Emerson to Thoreau 1
• I - In the Optative Mood 3
• II - The Actual Glory 76
• III - The Metaphysical Strain 100
• IV - The Organic Principle 133
• Book Two - Hawthorne 177
• V - The VIsion of Evil 179
• VI Problem of the Artist as New Englander 192
• VII - Allegory and Symbolism 242
• VIII - A Dark Necessity 316
• Book Three - Melville 369
• IX - Moment of Transition 371
• X - The Revenger's Tragedy 396
• XI - The Troubled Mind 467
• XII - Reassertion of the Heart 488
• Book Four - Whitman 515
• XIII - Only A Language Experiment 517
• XIV - Man in the Open Air 626
• Chronology 657
• Index 663