The Cambridge companion to the literature of New York / edited by Cyrus R.K. Patell and Bryan Waterman.
Patell, Cyrus R. K.; Waterman, Bryan, 1970-
2010
PS255.N5 C35 2010 (Mapit)
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Title The Cambridge companion to the literature of New York / edited by Cyrus R.K. Patell and Bryan Waterman.
ISBN 9780521514712
0521514711
9780521735551 (pbk.)
0521735556 (pbk.)
Imprint Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description xxiv, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number PS255.N5 C35 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9/97471
Summary "New York holds a special place in America's national mythology as both the gateway to the USA and as a diverse, vibrant cultural center distinct from the rest of the nation. From the international atmosphere of the Dutch colony New Amsterdam, through the expansion of the city in the nineteenth century, to its unique appeal to artists and writers in the twentieth, New York has given its writers a unique perspective on American culture. This Companion explores the range of writing and performance in the city, celebrating Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, Eugene O'Neill, and Allen Ginsberg among a host of authors who have contributed to the city's rich literary and cultural history. Illustrated and featuring a chronology and guide to further reading, this book is the ideal guide for students of American literature as well as for all who love New York and its writers"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Patell, Cyrus R. K.
Waterman, Bryan, 1970-
Series Cambridge companions to literature.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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From British outpost to American metropolis / Robert Lawson-Peebles
Dutch New York from Irving to Wharton / Elizabeth L. Bradley
The city on stage / Bryan Waterman
Melville, at sea in the city / Thomas Augst
Whitman's urbanism / Lytle Shaw
The early literature of New York's moneyed class / Caleb Crain
Writing Brooklyn / Martha Nadell
New York and the novel of manners / Sarah Wilson
Immigrants, politics, and the popular cultures of tolerance / Eric Homberger
Performing Greenwich Village bohemianism / Melissa Bradshaw
African American literary movements / Thulani Davis
New York's cultures of print / Trysh Travis
From poetry to punk in the East Village / Daniel Kane
Staging lesbian and gay New York / Robin Bernstein
Emergent ethnic literatures / Cyrus R.K. Patell
Epilogue: Nostalgia and counter-nostalgia in New York City writing / Bryan Waterman.

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