Title Simplify, simplify! : Brevity, plainness and their complications in American literature and culture : Festschrift for Bernd Engler on the occasion of his 65th birthday / Isabell Klaiber, Oliver Scheiding, Jan Stievermann (eds.)

Published Leiden, Niederlande ; Boston, MA : Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, imprint der Brill-Gruppe, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource Series Beiträge zur englischen und amerikanischen Literatur ; volume37 Beiträge zur englischen und amerikanischen Literatur ; 37. Summary This volume explores the varieties of the short form in American literature, art, and culture as well as different ideas and aesthetics of simplicity, plainness, and brevity from the 19th century to the present. The contributors discuss how these ideas were translated into widely diverging practices, serving an equally broad spectrum of cultural and political functions. The essays survey a range of media and genres, including short fiction, plays, popular rhetoric, songs, photography, film, and Twitter Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes 12 English, 2 German contributions Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 04, 2021) Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Simplicity in literature. Minimalism (Literature) -- United States American literature Minimalism (Literature) Simplicity in literature United States Genre/Form Festschriften Criticism, interpretation, etc. Festschriften. Form Electronic book Author Engler, Bernd, honouree Klaiber, Isabell, editor Scheiding, Oliver, editor Stievermann, Jan, editor ISBN 9783657701728 3657701729

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