Old style : unoriginality and its uses in nineteenth-century U.S. literature /

We celebrate innovation and experimentation, but Old Style reminds us that nineteenth-century American writers instead valued familiarity and traditionalism, which provided reliable markers of literary quality. Old Style examines the varied uses and expressions of unoriginality, which helped credent...

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Main Author: Stokes, Claudia, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022].
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