The Text and the Voice: Writing, Speaking, Democracy, and American Literature

by Alessandro Portelli

Book Overview

This assessment of American literary history explores the ways in which the interplay of written and oral forms shaped the foundations of both national literature and political identity. It examines... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231084986
• ISBN13: 9780231084987
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"