Imagining Language in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War

Hardback

Main Details

Title Imagining Language in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael P. Kramer
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:260
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/Genrelinguistics
ISBN/Barcode 9780691634302
ClassificationsDewey:420.7073
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

In this study of the rhetoric of American writings on language, Michael Kramer argues that the prevalent critical distinction between imaginative and nonimaginative writing is of limited theoretical use. Breaking down the artificial, disciplinary barriers between two areas of scholarly inquiry--the literature of the American Renaissance and the stu

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