Thick volume of handwritten notes on four series of lectures by Prof. Oscar Cargill, kept by this female student at NYU, 1936-38

by Brennan, Kathryn Law

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NY: Not published, 1936. Original. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-tied cloth binding with label. 605 pages; author's bookplate. Oscar Cargill, listed in Burke & Howe, authored a number of books in the fields of literature and drama and taught at NYU. Following is an outline of the notes in this thick volume, written by Kathryn Law Brennan. (1) Roots of National Culture: Colonial literature through J. Fenimore Cooper (notes dated Sept 1937-Jan 1938). (2) The Romantic Triumph: a quick review of the early period, then large sections on Poe, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Longfellow, Thoreau, Whitman, et al (notes dated Sept 1936-Jan 1937). (3) The Rise of Realism + The Social Revolt + Contemporary American Literature (notes dated Feb-May 1937). (4) The Rise of American Drama (notes dated Feb-May 1938). Legible writing. 8" x 5".

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