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008			110803s2011 mdu o 00 0 eng d
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020			_a9781421405278
020			_a142140527X
020			_z9781421404899 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)
020			_z1421404893 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)794700798
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
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050	0	4	_aPS169.E63 _bP47 2011
082	0		_a811/.03209 _223
100	1		_aPhillips, Christopher N.
245	1	0	_aEpic in American Culture _bSettlement to Reconstruction / _cChristopher N. Phillips.
264		1	_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
264		3	_bProject MUSE,
300			_a1 online resource (376 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aColumbian 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.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, American, in literature.
650		0	_aLiterature and history _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aLiterature and history _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aEpic literature, American _xHistory and criticism.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/13693/
945			_aProject MUSE - 2011 Literature
945			_aProject MUSE - 2011 Complete
999			_c24145 _d24145