American Renaissance (literature)

The American Renaissance period in American literature ran from about 1830 to around the Civil War.[1] A central term in American studies, the American Renaissance was for a while considered synonymous with American Romanticism[2] and was closely associated with Transcendentalism.[3]

  1. ^ Boswell, Jeanetta. The American Renaissance and the Critics. Wakefield: Longwood Academic. ISBN 0-89341-599-5.
  2. ^ Knight, Denise D. Writers of the American Renaissance: An A-to-Z Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2003: XI.
  3. ^ "Retired Site - PBS Programs - PBS". PBS.org. Retrieved April 23, 2017.