The Text and the Voice
Book Details
Author(s)
Alessandro Portelli
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN / ASIN
0231084986
ISBN-13
9780231084987
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#3,631,163
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United States 🇺🇸
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Description
This assessment of American literary history explores the ways in which the interplay of written and oral forms shaped the foundations of both national literature and political identity. It examines numerous texts, written from colonial to modern times, considering how speech and writing interact.
