Old style : unoriginality and its uses in nineteenth-century U.S. literature /

"We celebrate innovation and experimentation, but Old Style reminds us that nineteenth-century American writers instead valued familiarity and traditionalism, which provided reliable markers of literary quality. Old Style examines the varied uses and expressions of unoriginality, which helped c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stokes, Claudia, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Subjects:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Originality in literature.
Imitation in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Conservatism in literature.
Conservatism and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Originalité dans la littérature.
Imitation (Littérature)
Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
Conservatisme dans la littérature.
Conservatisme et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
American literature
Conservatism and literature
Conservatism in literature
Imitation in literature
Originality in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART I. UNORIGINALITY ON THE MARGINS
  • Chapter 1. The Poetics of Unoriginality: The Case of Lucretia Davidson
  • Chapter 2. Novel Commonplaces: Quotation, Epigraphs, and Literary Authority
  • Chapter 3. A Few Good Books: Rereading and the Virtues of Familiarity
  • PART II. ELITIST CONSERVATISM AND THE DEFENSE OF TRADITION
  • Chapter 4. Old Friends in New Dress: James Fenimore Cooper and the Politics of the Sequel
  • Chapter 5. Longfellow's Antiquarianism
  • Chapter 6. Thomas Bailey Aldrich and the End of Tradition.

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