Narrating Discovery: The Romantic Explorer in American Literature, 1790-1855

By Bruce Greenfield

Explorers of the American frontier found more than just simple geographical locations, and their writings chronicle a whole cultural perspective on the West. The developing patterns of the American discovery narrative are the focus of Narrating Discovery, a work of new literary history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231079966
• ISBN13: 9780231079969
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher