Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-245) and index.
Contents:
A farmer asks a question and a scientist creates a model -- Hugh Henry Brackenridge and the dogma of balance -- The defining moment : Washington Irving and A history of New York -- The fragments : minor writers, c. 1810-1824 -- The illusion ascendant : James Fenimore Cooper and the art of reconciliation -- Conclusion : A nice derangement of epitaphs.
Series:
Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 9
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