"Small tales" : brevity and liminality in early American magazines
Achilles, Jochen (Hrsg). Liminality and the short story : boundary crossings in American, Canadian, and British writing. New York, NY [u.a.]: Routledge 2015 S. 121 - 133
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-415-73891-0 ; 978-1-315-81704-0
Publikationstyp: Buchbeitrag
Sprache: Englisch
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Inhaltszusammenfassung
The majority of short narratives that attracted the readership in the early years of the American Republic were sensationalist. Weekly and monthly literary magazines were filled with original and selected 'small tales' characterized by uncommon themes elevated to the wondrous, human events blown up to the marvelous. An anonymous letter addressed to the Editor of 'The Philadelphia Repository and Weekly Register' (1800-1804) revealed the profusion of liminal fantasies in the pages of early Amer...The majority of short narratives that attracted the readership in the early years of the American Republic were sensationalist. Weekly and monthly literary magazines were filled with original and selected 'small tales' characterized by uncommon themes elevated to the wondrous, human events blown up to the marvelous. An anonymous letter addressed to the Editor of 'The Philadelphia Repository and Weekly Register' (1800-1804) revealed the profusion of liminal fantasies in the pages of early American periodical publications.» weiterlesen» einklappen
Klassifikation
DFG Fachgebiet:
Literaturwissenschaft
DDC Sachgruppe:
Englische Literatur Amerikas
