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American Literature nomena from the early 1500s to the mid-1800s. Perhaps most stunning among this collectionâs contributions, however, are the creative ways in which many of the essayists pay attention to nonverbal cultural records in their attempts to unravel past meanings. Essays in this volume examine such diverse phenomena as courtroom oratorical practices, performed dramas, paintings by Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley, penitentiary ï¬oor plans, religious artifacts, and Native American preaching practices. My only complaint with this collection is that I found myself wanting to know more about how the respondents in the original conference felt about these works. Short sections of commentary after each essay would have accented the already tantalizingly thick way in which these scholars have sought to make sense of the past and various tellings of the past. This is a collection that will richly reward the reading of a wide range of scholars, particularly those interested in postcolonial and interdisciplinary studiesâwhether those studies be concerned with the early Americas or not. Paul Gutjahr, Indiana University Republic of Letters: The American Intellectual Community, 1775â1865. By Gilman M. Ostrander. Madison, Wisc.: Madison House. 1999. xvi, 379 pp. $35.95. In a letter written during the
American Literature – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2001
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