Epic in American culture: settlement to reconstruction

by Phillips, Christopher N.

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Title Statements

Full title :Epic in American culture : settlement to reconstruction / Christopher N. Phillips.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Johns Hopkins University Press
Place of Publication:Baltimore, Md
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 recurso en línea (376 páginas)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781421405278, 142140527X, 9781421404899, 1421404893
oclc:ocn995351046
Dewey Decimal:811.03209

Columbian strains: the diffusion of epic form in early America -- Constitutional epic: old rules for an unprecedented genre -- Epic on canvas: the history of a critical term -- Transcendental epic; or, Importing the new traditions -- Tracking epic through the leather-stocking tales -- Lydia Sigourney and the Indian epic's work of mourning -- Longfellow's pantheon -- Melville's epic career.

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Epic literature, American Epic literature, American -- History an… History Literature and history Literature and history -- History -- 18… Literature and history -- History -- 19… Littérature épique américaine -- Histoi… Littérature et histoire -- Histoire -- … Littérature et histoire -- Histoire -- … National characteristics, American, in … United States