Epic in American culture [electronic resource] : settlement to reconstruction / Christopher N. Phillips.
2012Description: xi, 360 p. : illISBN:- 9781421404899 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)
- 1421404893 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781421405278 (e-book)
- 811/.03209 23
- PS169.E63 P47 2012eb
eBooks
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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.