Predicting the Past : The Paradoxes of American Literary History / / Michael Boyden.

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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Place / Publishing House:Leuven : : Leuven University Press,, 2009.
©2009.
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
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