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A New World of Words : Redefining Early American Literature
A New World of Words Redefining Early American Literature Author:William Spengemann In this brilliant book, William C. Spengemann redefines the genre of early American literature, calling it writings in English that have been influenced by the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World. Putting linguistic criteria above national origin he reexamines works by Milton, Franklin, Blake, and Austen, and views them as co... more »mparable-and American-writings, all concerned with the displacement of the remembered Old World by an altogether new one.« less