In this work, the author contemplates the shaping motive of American literature. Locating its origins in the age of Bacon, Shakespeare and Donne, he also discusses in depth the writings of Benjamin Franklin, Henry James, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson, Kate Chopin and others.
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In this work, the author contemplates the shaping motive of American literature. Locating its origins in the age of Bacon, Shakespeare and Donne, he also discusses in depth the writings of Benjamin Franklin, Henry James, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson, Kate Chopin and others.
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Very Good in Fair jacket. CI6-A hardcover book SIGNED by author (first name only) and inscribed by author to previous owner in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear in fair dust jacket that is worn with scattered chipping, crease, and scuffing, some tears, and discolored. 9.5"x6.5", 276 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Louisiana State University, 1980. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in black and silver. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Very light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear and light spine toning. 276 pages. ISBN: 0807107522. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. 276pp. Very good with a slightly cocked spine and bumped corners in a very good dustwrapper with a tear on the front flap fold, some fading on the spine, and edgewear.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Spine cocked a bit, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine lightly sunned, small white pain drops on front panel. Laid in are some photocopied pages of "The Southern Republic of Letters and I'll Take My Stand" pages 64-91 only; and "Arts and Letters: Lewis P. Simpson and the American Republic of Letters by William C. Havard" pages 114-119 only.
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Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 24x15cm, xvi, 276 pp. Contents: The Printer as American Man of Letters; The Symbolism of Literary Alienation in the Revolutionary Age; The Fiction of the Real American Revolution; Slavery & Modernism; The Act of Thought in Virginia: The Civil War & the Failure of the Literary Mind in America; The Southern Exodus from Arcadia; The Will to Art in Postbellum America; The Spectorial Attitude; The Decorum of the Writer; The Bard & the Clerk; The Legend of the Artist; A Fable of Civilisation; What Survivors Do; The Closure of History in a Postsouthern America.
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