| Description |
1 online resource (x, 158 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Diaspora and empire -- Writing English in America -- The sentimental libertine -- The heart of masculinity -- The Gothic in diaspora. |
| Summary |
American literature is typically seen as something that inspired its own conception and that sprang into being as a cultural offshoot of America's desire for national identity. But what of the vast precedent established by English literature, which was a major American import between 1750 and 1850? In The Importance of Feeling English, Leonard Tennenhouse revisits the landscape of early American literature and radically revises its features. Using the concept of transatlantic circulation, he shows how some of the first American authors--from poets such as Timothy Dwight and Philip Freneau to n. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- English influences.
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American literature -- English influences. |
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American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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1783-1850 |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Comparative literature -- American and English.
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Comparative literature -- American and English. |
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Comparative literature -- English and American.
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Comparative literature -- English and American. |
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National characteristics, English, in literature.
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National characteristics, English, in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tennenhouse, Leonard, 1942- Importance of feeling English. Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006939046 |
| ISBN |
9781400827923 (electronic book) |
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1400827922 (electronic book) |
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1282157736 |
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9781282157736 |
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9780691096810 |
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0691096813 |
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