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Autore |
Garrett Matthew |
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Titolo |
Episodic Poetics : Politics and Literary Form After the Constitution |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism - 1783-1850 - United States |
Literature and society - History - 18th century |
Narration (Rhetoric) |
Literary form |
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) |
English |
Languages & Literatures |
American Literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Reading the episode in the early republic -- 1. The poetics of constitutional consolidation -- 2. The life in episodes -- 3. The fiction of hesitation -- 4. Miscellany and the structure of style. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The early United States was a culture of the episode. In this book, Matthew Garrett merges narrative theory with social and political history to explain the early American fascination with the episodic, piecemeal plot. |
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