Enthusiast! - Essays on Modern American Literature

Informationen zum Autor David Herd is Senior Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent Klappentext Enthusiast! is a polemical history of American literature told from the point of view of six of its major enthusiasts. The book establishes enthusiasm as a defining feature of American literature. It shows how enthusiasm is fundamental to the circulation of culture. It Zusammenfassung Enthusiast! is a polemical history of American literature told from the point of view of six of its major enthusiasts. The book establishes enthusiasm as a defining feature of American literature. It shows how enthusiasm is fundamental to the circulation of culture. It -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A short essay on enthusiasm1. Crowing2. Spouting3. Calling4. Presenting 5. Circulating 6. Relishing Afterword: Enthusiasm and auditAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: David Herd, Herd David
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2014
• EAN: 9780719095849
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9584-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000