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William C. Spengemann

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Publications

11

Citations

447

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11

Active since

1965

William C. Spengemann is an author specializing in literary criticism, literary history, and literary theory.

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Literary HistoryLiterary CriticismLanguageLiterary TheoryAmerican LiteratureArtsHumanitiesCultural HistoryAmerican RenaissanceLiterary Periodization

Publications per year

1965–1999

11

Publications

11

A new world of words: redefining early American literature

William C. Spengemann · Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 93 citations

Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America

William C. Spengemann, David S. Shields · The William and Mary Quarterly · 1998 · 76 citations

English Culture, Civil Tongues, Historical Linguistics

The Earliest American Novel: Aphra Behn's Oroonoko

William C. Spengemann · Nineteenth-century fiction · 1984 · 43 citations

March 1984, Literary Theory, British Literature +19

A New World of Words: Redefining Early American Literature.

Jane Donahue Eberwein, William C. Spengemann · American Literature · 1995 · 40 citations

Literary Theory, Literary History, Literary Study +8

A Mirror for Americanists: Reflections on the Idea of American Literature

Caren J. Town, William C. Spengemann · South Atlantic Review · 1990 · 39 citations

Literary Theory, Literary History, Humanities +8

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