Synopses & Reviews
Review
"For F. O. Matthiessen, literary criticism was a vitally necessary effort to recover the moral tensions embodied in a work of art. His study of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman, and Melville was an effort to recover the moral vision of America. Whereas his examination of the mid-19th century brought forth a masterwork of hope and light, his examination of the
mid-20th century brought only personal despair. The analysis of another's critical intelligence is not the easiest of assignments, but Matthiessen is worth it, and Giles Gunn is up to it. However, Matthiessen's American Renaissance is a prerequisite." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)
Description
"Bibliography of the works of F. O. Matthiessen": p. 195-202. Includes bibliographical references and index.