The American Mystery American Literature from Emerson to DeLillo [Paperback]

A collection of essays by the late Tony Tanner on a wide range of key American authors.The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. With a foreword by Edward Said and an introduction by Ian Bell which places Tanner's work in the larger context of critical approaches to American literature and culture, the book brings together Tanner's essays on a wide range of key American authors. Exploring writers as diverse as Melville, Emerson, Henry James, Delillo and Pynchon, it offers an introduction to the major figures and themes in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature.The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. With a foreword by Edward Said and an introduction by Ian Bell which places Tanner's work in the larger context of critical approaches to American literature and culture, the book brings together Tanner's essays on a wide range of key American authors. Exploring writers as diverse as Melville, Emerson, Henry James, Delillo and Pynchon, it offers an introduction to the major figures and themes in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature.The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. With a foreword by Edward Said and an introduction by Ian Bell, which place Tanner's work in the larger context of critical approaches to American literature and culture, this book brings together Tanner's essays on a wide range of key American authors. Exploring writers as diverse as Melville, Emerson, Henry James, DeLillo and Pynchon, it offers an introduction to the major figures and themes in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature.Foreword Edward Said; I. Introduction A. F. Bell; 1. 'Lustres and condiments': Ralph Waldo Emerson in his Essays; 2. 'A summer in the country': Nathaniel Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance; 3. 'Nothing but cakes and ale': Hermaló½