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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524880803321

Autore

Richards Page

Titolo

Distancing English : A Chapter in the History of the Inexpressible / / Page Richards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-8142-7165-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 178 p. )

Disciplina

427/.973

Soggetti

Literature and society - United States - History

American literature - Foreign influences

English language - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A tale of two languages and Whitman's preface -- The inexpressible -- Framing -- Translating English into English and "damned serious humour" -- The inexpressible and the thing itself.