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Episodic Poetics: Politics and Literary Form after the Constitution
| Full title: | Episodic Poetics: Politics and Literary Form after the Constitution |
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| ISBN: | 9780199346530 |
| ISBN 10: | 0199346534 |
| Authors: | Garrett, Matthew |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Num. pages: | 256 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2014 |
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Synopsis
Merges Narrative Theory With Social And Political History To Explain The Early American Fascination With The Episodic, Piecemeal Plot.--book Jacket 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. Matthew Garrett. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [207]-226) And Index.