Predicting the Past : The Paradoxes of American Literary History

Drawing from the social theories of Niklas Luhmann and Mary Douglas, Predicting the Past advocates a reflexive understanding of the paradoxical institutional dynamic of American literary history as a professional discipline and field of study. Contrary to most disciplinary accounts, Michael Boyden r...

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Main Author: Boyden, Michael (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Leuven Leuven University Press 2021
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