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The Sacred Game: Provincialism and Frontier Consciousness in American Literature, 1630–1860 - Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Albert J. von Frank
The Sacred Game: Provincialism and Frontier Consciousness in American Literature, 1630–1860 - Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
Albert J. von Frank
This book is a meditation on the theme of provincialism in American literature. With careful attention to the historical context, it identifies in the expressions of pre-Civil War writers certain qualities of self-doubt and defensiveness, certain perceptions of displacement and decline, so characteristic as to amount to a defining trait of American literature.
200 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 30, 1985 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521301596 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 200 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 235 × 19 mm · 450 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Gelpi, Albert |
| Series Editor | Posnock, Ross |