American romanticism and the marketplace
by Michael T. Gilmore
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How does Gilmore’s opening focus on Emerson’s description of market-bound peaches set the tone for the complex relationship between artistic creation and capitalism in American romanticism?
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In what ways do you see classic American romantic writers struggling between their desire for transcendental purity and their inescapable reliance on the literary marketplace for survival?
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Gilmore examines how major authors viewed money and commerce; how has your own relationship with your profession or consumer culture mirrored or contrasted with these nineteenth-century anxieties?
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