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The Reign of Wonder: Naivety and Reality in American Literature

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Reign of Wonder: Naivety and Reality in American Literature
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tony Tanner
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9780521291989
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 2 June 1977
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The adopted attitude towards reality and experience in American literature tends to be one of wonder and cultivated naivety rather than analysis and judgement. In this book, Dr Tanner offers some reasons for this and seeks to demonstrate the peculiar importance of wonder in American literature, by examining a number of key writers and showing how they confronted and assimilated reality at the same time he considers some of the difficulties incurred by this approach and studies its effects on American style.