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Predicting the Past : The Paradoxes of American Literary History

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Drawing from the social theories of Niklas Luhmann and Mary Douglas, Predicting the Past advocates a reflexive understanding of the paradoxical institutional dynamic of American literary history as a professional discipline and field of study. Contrary to most disciplinary accounts, Michael Boyden r...

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Main Author:	Boyden, Michael (Author, VerfasserIn.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leuven Leuven University Press 2021
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Literature: history & criticism. Electronic books.
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