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- catalog abstract ""In The American Aeneas, John C. Shields exposes a significant cultural blindness within American consciousness. Noting that the biblical myth of Adam has long dominated ideas of what it means to be American, Shields argues that an equally important component of our nation's cultural identity - a secular one deriving from the classical tradition - has been seriously neglected."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12253753.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization Roman influences.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In The American Aeneas, John C. Shields exposes a significant cultural blindness within American consciousness. Noting that the biblical myth of Adam has long dominated ideas of what it means to be American, Shields argues that an equally important component of our nation's cultural identity - a secular one deriving from the classical tradition - has been seriously neglected."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-422) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the quest for the American Aeneas -- Translatio cultus -- Edward Taylor's classicism -- Cotton Mather's epic in prose -- Surge for cultural independence: the flourishing of American classicism -- George Washington and the Vergilian moment -- The American epic writ large: the example of Phillis Wheatley -- The radical shift in discourse -- The persistence of the American Aeneas in Hawthorne -- The persistence of the American Aeneas in Melville -- Conclusion: America's classical origins besieged -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xlv, 432 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1572331321 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization Roman influences.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "810.9/358 21".
- catalog subject "Aeneas (Legendary character) In literature.".
- catalog subject "Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature.".
- catalog subject "American literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature Roman influences.".
- catalog subject "Classicism United States.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American, in literature.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American.".
- catalog subject "PS159.R6 S55 2001".
- catalog subject "Virgil Influence.".
- catalog subject "Virgil. Aeneis.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the quest for the American Aeneas -- Translatio cultus -- Edward Taylor's classicism -- Cotton Mather's epic in prose -- Surge for cultural independence: the flourishing of American classicism -- George Washington and the Vergilian moment -- The American epic writ large: the example of Phillis Wheatley -- The radical shift in discourse -- The persistence of the American Aeneas in Hawthorne -- The persistence of the American Aeneas in Melville -- Conclusion: America's classical origins besieged -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "The American Aeneas : classical origins of the American self / John C. Shields.".
- catalog type "text".