Epic in American culture settlement to reconstruction /
Phillips, Christopher N.
Epic in American culture settlement to reconstruction / [electronic resource] : Christopher N. Phillips. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - xi, 360 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781421405278 (electronic bk.)
Epic literature, American--History and criticism.
Literature and history--History--United States--18th century.
Literature and history--History--United States--19th century.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Electronic books.
PS169.E63 / P47 2012
811/.03209
Epic in American culture settlement to reconstruction / [electronic resource] : Christopher N. Phillips. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - xi, 360 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781421405278 (electronic bk.)
Epic literature, American--History and criticism.
Literature and history--History--United States--18th century.
Literature and history--History--United States--19th century.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Electronic books.
PS169.E63 / P47 2012
811/.03209