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It emphasized close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work of literature functioned as a selfcontained, selfreferential aesthetic object. New literary history was established as part of the sesquicentennial celebration of the university of virginia in 1969 by ralph cohen. This major new history of american literature from precolumbian times to the present is written in an informed but accessible style by one of the leading authorities in the field. A new literary history of america harvard university. Street sounds and sultry, insinuating jazz riffs float in and out.
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