Fictions of Form in American Poetry

by Stephen Cushman

Book Overview

In the 1830s Alexis de Tocqueville prophesied that American writers would slight, even despise, form--that they would favor the sensational over rational order. He suggested that this attitude was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691069638
• ISBN13: 9780691069630
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 10.0"