Simplify, Simplify! Brevity, Plainness and Their Complications in American Literature and Culture: Festschrift for Bernd Engler on the Occasion of His (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783506701725)

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.

Author: Isabell Klaiber
ISBN-10: 350670172X
ISBN-13: 9783506701725
Publisher: Brill Schoningh
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2019
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 9.25lbs