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Author

Phillips, Christopher N.

Title Epic in American culture [electronic resource] : settlement to reconstruction / Christopher N. Phillips.

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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 360 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Epic literature, American -- History and criticism.
	Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9781421404899 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)
	1421404893 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
	9781421405278 (electronic bk.)