Bøker av James Perrin Warren

A cultural history of the reforming power of language, based on a study of non-fiction prose of the 1830s - 1850s, in particular orations and lectures. Practices that crossed boundaries of gender, race and class show how diverse sectors of American society valued the word as a means toward reform.

Offers insights into the rise of the nature essay as a genre, the role of popular magazines as shapers and conveyors of public values, and the dynamism of place in terms of such opposed concepts as retreat and engagement, nature and culture, and wilderness and civilization.