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Author:

Garrett, Matthew, author.

Title:

Episodic poetics : politics and literary form after the Constitution / Matthew Garrett.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

viii, 232 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States--History--18th century.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Literary form.
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
American literature.
Literary form.
Literature and society.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
United States.
1700 - 1850
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Reading the episode in the early republic -- 1. The poetics of constitutional consolidation -- 2. The life in episodes -- 3. The fiction of hesitation -- 4. Miscellany and the structure of style.

Summary:

"Merges narrative theory with social and political history to explain the early American fascination with the episodic, piecemeal plot."--Book jacket

ISBN:

0199346534 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199346530 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)861754930

LCCN:

2013035344

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)