Epic in American Culture
Phillips, Christopher N.
Epic in American Culture Settlement to Reconstruction / Christopher N. Phillips. - 1 online resource (376 p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Open Access
9781421405278 142140527X
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and history--History--United States--19th century.
Literature and history--History--United States--18th century.
Epic literature, American--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS169.E63 / P47 2011
811/.03209
Epic in American Culture Settlement to Reconstruction / Christopher N. Phillips. - 1 online resource (376 p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Open Access
9781421405278 142140527X
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and history--History--United States--19th century.
Literature and history--History--United States--18th century.
Epic literature, American--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS169.E63 / P47 2011
811/.03209