American Sublime The Genealogy of a Poetic Genre |
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| Author:
| Wilson, Rob |
| Series title: | Wisconsin Project on American Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-12774-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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Tracing ideas of the sublime in American literature from Puritan writings to the postmodern epoch, the author demonstrates that the North American landscape has been the ground for political as well as aesthetic transport. He adopts an historical approach to the subject.
Tracing ideas of the sublime in American literature from Puritan writings to the postmodern epoch, the author demonstrates that the North American landscape has been the ground for political as well as aesthetic transport. He adopts an historical approach to the subject.