The Concept of the Picturesque in American Literature, 1830-1860: A Study in a New England Iconography

FAIN: FT-11996-74

Dennis A. Berthold
Texas A & M University, College Station (College Station, TX 77843-0001)

To demonstrate and assess the importance of the the picturesque ideal during the American Renaissance, primarily in terms of the symbolism and imagery employed by writers like Hawthorne, Melville, and Emerson, but also in terms of the aesthetic standards of art cirtics, architects, and painters.