American Literature and Immediacy

Heike Schaefer

earliest edition we have, 2019 Cambridge University Press, 2025 330 pages

"The search for immediacy, the desire to feel directly connected to people or events, has been a driving force in American literature and media culture for the past two centuries. This book offers the first in-depth study of literary immediacy effects. It shows how the heightened reality effects of photography, film, and television inspired American writers to create new literary forms that would enhance their reader...

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American Literature and Immediacy edition · 2025 · Cambridge University Press · 330 pages · 9781108720137
American Literature and Immediacy edition · 2019 · Cambridge University Press · 9781108766630
American Literature and Immediacy edition · 2019 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · 9781108800198
American Literature and Immediacy edition · 2019 · Cambridge University Press · 300 pages · 9781108487382

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