The American epic : transforming a genre, 1770-1860 / John P. McWilliams, Jr.

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Main Author: McWilliams, John P. (John Probasco)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Series:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Imitations: Homer's Tyrannous Eye
  • 1. Invocations
  • 2. Freedom's Heroes
  • 3. Freedom's Fools
  • 4. A White Achilles for the West?
  • Part II. Transformations: The Epic In New Genres
  • 5. Red Achilles, Red Satan
  • 6. The Destroying Angel
  • 7. Till a Better Epic Comes Along
  • 8. "An Epic of Democracy?"
  • Prospect.