Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction 1790-1860 Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction 1790-1860 Book

What makes a literary classic? In Sensational Designs Jane Tompkins argues that it is not the intrinsic merit of a text, but rather the circumstances of its writing. Against the modernist belief that art, in order to be art, must be free from...Read More

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  • ASDA

    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.

  • 0195041194
  • 9780195041194
  • Jane Tompkins
  • 13 November 1986
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • New Ed
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