| Contents |
Style with substance -- Satire in the name of world citizenship -- The picturesque aesthetic and neo-classical/Romantic boundary-crossing -- American Ovid, American Virgil, American Claude, and pumpkin smasher -- Irving's critique of American culture in "The legend of Sleepy Hollow" -- World citizenship on frontiers near and far. |
| Abstract |
"Washington Irving's Critique of American Culture argues that Irving offers not only a critique of a culture losing rootedness, but also positive multi-cultural vision of world citizenship in the new Republic. American Romantic art contemporary to Irving sheds light on his critique and positive vision of what America could be"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: McCree, J. Woodrow, 1963- Washington Irving's critique of American culture Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021] 9781793619624 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021017973 |
| ISBN | 9781793619617 |
| ISBN | 1793619611 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
