‘The Dream of the Unified Field’: Originality, Influence, the Idea of a National Literature and Contemporary American Poetry
This paper collates two critical ideas about American poetry: originality and influence. Under the precept of the former, poets and critics call for – and on occasion celebrate – an originally American, more or less coherent national poetry, while the latter hosts complaints about the “forfeiture of...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2008
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |