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

Published Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (376 pages) Contents 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 Analysis "Multi-User" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject National characteristics, American, in literature. Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 18th century Epic literature, American -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. Epic literature, American Literature and history National characteristics, American, in literature United States Genre/Form dictionaries. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011029762 ISBN 9781421405278 142140527X

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