One of America's most distinguished literary scholars reveals how the peculiarly American spirit of innovation and renovation has shaped the careers of its greatest writers, from Emerson to Norman Mailer, as well as such performers as Bette Midler. (view table of contents)

A scholarly, annotated, and uniquely comprehensive edition gathers all of Frost's major poetry, a selection of previously unanthologized poems, and the most extensive offering of his prose writings ever published, along with an essay on the texts by the editors.

Product Description: Richard Poirier, one of America's most eminent critics, reveals in this book the creative but mostly hidden alliance between American pragmatism and American poetry. He brilliantly traces pragmatism as a philosophical and literary practice grounded in a linguistic skepticism that runs from Emerson and William James to the work of Robert Frost, Gertrude Stein, and Wallace Stevens, and on to the cultural debates of today...read more

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A collection of some of the best writing from Raritan, one of the most widely read quarterlies in America, features Pushcart and O'Henry award winning writers

Examines the cultural and human value of literature, offering a new interpretation of Emersonian authors, from William James to Wallace Stevens