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001 9412884
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008 110803s2012 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011029762
020 $a9781421404899 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)
020 $a9781421405278 (electronic)
020 $a1421404893 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a142140527X (electronic)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn746154051
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050 00 $aPS169.E63$bP47 2012
082 00 $a811/.03209$223
100 1 $aPhillips, Christopher N.
245 10 $aEpic in American culture :$bsettlement to reconstruction /$cChristopher N. Phillips.
260 $aBaltimore, Md. :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2012.
300 $axi, 360 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aColumbian 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.
650 0 $aEpic literature, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aLiterature and history$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aLiterature and history$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature.
852 00 $bglx$hPS169.E63$iP47 2012