Bücher von Robert S. Levine

American literary nationalism is traditionally understood as a cohesive literary tradition developed in the independent United States that emphasized the features of America and consciously differentiated American literature from British literature. This title challenges this assessment.

The political differences between Douglass and Delany have historically been reduced to ""assimilationist versus separationist"". The author of this study seeks to restore their relationship to its original complexity, exploring their debates over abolitionism, emigration and nationalism.

Robert Levine has examined the American romance in a historical context. His book offers a fresh reading of the genre, establishing its importance to American culture between the founding of the republic and the Civil war.