Sensational Designs -  Jane Tompkins

The Cultural Work of American Fiction 1790-1860

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This challenging book works towards a redefinition of literature and literary study. The texts the author examines are viewed not as works of art embodying enduring themes, but as attempts to redefine the social order.



In this provocative book, Jane Tompkins seeks to move the study of literature away from the small group of critically approved texts that have dominated literary discussion over the decades, to allow inclusion of texts ignored or denigrated by the literary academy. Sensational Designs challenges comfortable assumptions about what makes a literary work a "classic."
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Uitgever: Oxford University Press Inc 256 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0195041194 ISBN-13: 9780195041194
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