Our Preposterous Use of Literature

Our Preposterous Use of Literature
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 0252025385
ISBN-13 : 9780252025389
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Book Synopsis Our Preposterous Use of Literature by : Tracy Scott McMillin

Download or read book Our Preposterous Use of Literature written by Tracy Scott McMillin and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He examines the ways in which Emerson's texts have been read in the United States, the myriad methods by which those texts have been pillaged, picked over, and repackaged - in a word, consumed - by biographers, political apologists, self-help proponents, entrepreneurs, and academicians alike.".


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