Text and the Voice Writing, Speaking, and Democracy in American Literature

This bold retelling of American literary history explores the ways in which the interplay of oral and written forms shaped the foundations of our national literature and political identity. Throughout the book, Portelli invites the reader to share in a provocative, intriguing, and always open conversation on the American voice---deferred, remembered, transcribed, and reinvented by our multifaceted and fabled writers.Portelli, Alessandro is the author of 'Text and the Voice Writing, Speaking, and Democracy in American Literature', published 1994 under ISBN 9780231084987 and ISBN 0231084986.