Authority, Autonomy, and Representation in American Literature, 1776-1865

Authority, Autonomy, and Representation in American Literature, 1776-1865 From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, a familiar scene appears and reappears in American literature: a speaker stands before a crowd of men and women, attempting to mitigate their natural suspicions in order to form a body of federated wills. In this important study of the relationship of literature and politics, Mark Patterson argues that t Autor: Mark R. Patterson Wydawnictwo: Princeton University Press Rok wydania: 2014 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 280 Wymiary: 15.5 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780691601854