The American Epic

"...an important book that fills a gap in our knowledge and strengthens our understanding of 19th-century literary culture." Choice "McWilliams surveys the work of Barlow, Dwight, and Trumbull with a sharp eye toward the rhetorical work each must perform introducing his epic to the public, revealing the discomforts each feels in suiting vehicle to message." David S. Shields, The Eighteenth Century