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The literary quest for an American national character
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The literary quest for an American national character / Finn Pollard.
ISBN
9780415963732 (acid-free paper)
0415963737 (acid-free paper)
9780203885918 (ebk)
0203885910 (ebk)
Published
New York : Routledge, 2009.
Physical Description
xiii, 257 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 26, 2009
Series
Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 9
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-245) and index.
Contents
A farmer asks a question and a scientist creates a model
Hugh Henry Brackenridge and the dogma of balance
The defining moment : Washington Irving and A history of New York
The fragments : minor writers, c. 1810-1824
The illusion ascendant : James Fenimore Cooper and the art of reconciliation
Conclusion : A nice derangement of epitaphs.
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