Transcending space

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"This book gathers theoretical propositions about space into a conception of dynamic space - space that is complex, interrelated, transcendent, and multi-centered. The polyvalent quality of space that we desire is anticipated and envisioned by American writers, writing out of a pervasive, transcendentalist mode. Works by three authors - Henry David Theoreau, E. E. Cummings, and John Barth - serve as case studies for the consideration of the influence and adaptation of a dynamic strain of transcendentalism in American literature. The envisioning of space as dynamic, as changeable, as mobile, challenges common conceptions of built space as static."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: American literature,  Architecture,  Architecture and literature,  Architecture in literature,  History and criticism,  Knowledge,  Setting (Literature),  Settings,  Space and time in literature,  Cummings, e. e. (edward estlin), 1894-1962,  Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862,  Barth, john, 1930-,  Space and time,  American literature, history and criticism,  Knowledge and learning

People: E. E. Cummings (1894-1962),  Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862),  John Barth (1930-)