TY - BOOK AU - Richards,Page ED - Project Muse. TI - Distancing English: A Chapter in the History of the Inexpressible SN - 9780814271650 AV - PE2809 .R53 2009 U1 - 427/.973 22 PB - Ohio State University Press KW - Literature and society KW - United States KW - History KW - American literature KW - Foreign influences KW - English language KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168) and index; 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; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/27806/ ER -