ENGLISH

The Text and the Voice: writing, speaking, and democracy in American literature

By Alessandro Portelli

Book information

Year
1994
ISBN
9780231084987, 0231084986, 9780231504881
LCC
PS169.N35 P6713 1994
Open Library ID
OL1427761M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
959 kB (981892 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
415\438
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This assessment of American literary history explores the ways in which the interplay of written and oral forms shaped the foundations of both national literature and political identity. It examines numerous texts, written from colonial to modern times, considering how speech and writing interact.

Similar books