Fictions of Form in American Poetry.

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In the 1830s Alexis de Tocqueville prophesied that American writers would slight, even despise, form--that they would favor the sensational over rational order. He suggested that this attitude was linked to a distinct concept of democracy in America. Exposing the inaccuracies of such claims when app...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cushman, Stephen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
American poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Literary form.
Poésie américaine > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Genres littéraires.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
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