American Sympathy: Men, Friendship, and Literature in the New Nation by Caleb Crain

American Sympathy: Men, Friendship, and Literature in the New Nation

Caleb Crain

320 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

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“A friend in history,” Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “looks like some premature soul.” And in the history of friendship in early America, Caleb Crain sees the soul of the nation’s literature.In a sensitive analysis that weaves together literary ...

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