Title: American silence /
Authors: Papanikolas, Zeese.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: National characteristics, American.; Silence in literature.; Silence in art.; Failure (Psychology) Case studies.; Authors, American Biography Anecdotes.; Artists United States Biography Anecdotes.; United States Civilization.; West (U.S.) Civilization.; United States Intellectual life.; United States Biography Anecdotes.
Contents: Overture : the unpaintable West -- The inner geology of Clarence King -- Henry Adams at the fair -- The cruelty of seeing -- Some versions of the pastoral -- Sublime America -- Lonesome America.