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Epic in American Culture Settlement to Reconstruction / by Phillips, Christopher N.

Table of Contents: “…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.…”
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Reading Fiction in Antebellum America Informed Response and Reception Histories, 1820–1865 / by Machor, James L.

Table of Contents: “…"These days of double dealing": informed response, reader appropriation, and the tales of Poe ; Multiple audiences and Melville's fiction: receptions, recoveries, and regressions ; Response as (re)construction: the reception of Catharine Sedgwick's novels ; Mercurial readings: the making and unmaking of Caroline Chesebro'-- Conclusion: American literary history and the historical study of interpretive practices.…”
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Poetry's Afterlife Verse in the Digital Age / by Stein, Kevin, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…On poets & aesthetic history. Paper or plastic, Pepsi or Coke, irony or sincerity? …”
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Preaching and the Rise of the American Novel by Coleman, Dawn (Dawn Davina), 1973-

Subjects: “…Preaching United States History.…”
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I Made You to Find Me The Coming of Age of the Woman Poet and the Politics of Poetic Address / by Hedley, Jane

Subjects: “…Women and literature United States History 20th century.…”
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Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium, 1770–1790 by O'Quinn, Daniel, 1962-

Subjects: “…Press and politics Great Britain History 18th century.…”
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Uncommon Women Gender and Representation in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Women's Writing / by Laffrado, Laura

Subjects: “…Feminism and literature United States History 19th century.…”
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The Edge of Modernism American Poetry and the Traumatic Past / by Kalaidjian, Walter B., 1952-

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Qualified Hope A Postmodern Politics of Time / by Huehls, Mitchum, 1976-

Subjects: “…Politics and literature United States History 21st century.…”
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Modern American Grotesque Literature and Photography / by Goodwin, James, 1945-

Subjects: “…Photography United States History 20th century.…”
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Tactics of the Human Experimental Technics in American Fiction / by Shackelford, Laura

Subjects: “…Experimental fiction, American History and criticism.…”
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Republic of Intellect The Friendly Club of New York City and the Making of American Literature / by Waterman, Bryan, 1970-

Subjects: “…American literature 1783-1850 History and criticism.…”
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Literary Executions Capital Punishment and American Culture, 1820–1925 / by Barton, John Cyril

Subjects: “…Capital punishment Moral and ethical aspects United States History.…”
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Literary Transcendentalism Style and Vision in the American Renaissance by Buell, Lawrence

Subjects: “…American literature 19th century History and criticism.…”
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Interpretive Conventions The Reader in the Study of American Fiction / by Mailloux, Steven

Subjects: “…American fiction History and criticism.…”
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Where the World Is Not Cultural Authority and Democratic Desire in Modern American Literature / by Savelson, Kim

Subjects: “…Literature and society United States History 20th century.…”
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Queering Cold War Poetry Ethics of Vulnerability in Cuba and the United States / by Keenaghan, Eric

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Writing for Immortality Women and the Emergence of High Literary Culture in America / by Boyd, Anne E., 1969-

Subjects: “…American literature 19th century History and criticism.…”
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Horizons of Enchantment Essays in the American Imaginary / by Johannessen, Lene

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Poets On Place

Subjects: “…American poetry 21st century History and criticism Theory, etc.…”
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