Literature, American Style: The Originality of Imitation in the Early Republic
Ezra TawilLiterature, American Style finds early U.S. authors self-consciously imitating European literary forms even as they claimed radical originality. The notion of style helped them manage this peculiar contradiction. It was their American use of style, they claimed, that marked their departure from literary precedents.
Literature, American Style finds early U.S. authors self-consciously imitating European literary forms even as they claimed radical originality. The notion of style helped them manage this peculiar contradiction. It was their American use of style, they claimed, that marked their departure from literary precedents.
Jahr:
2018
Verlag:
University of Pennsylvania Press
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
272
ISBN 10:
0812295293
ISBN 13:
9780812295290
Datei:
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IPFS:
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english, 2018