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Article: Frames and discourse in American writing.
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- July 1, 2002
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A compelling idiosyncrasy of development originated in America's possessing exactly the same language as England. It was so important that in the early nineteenth century strategies were suggested to circumvent this perceived impediment of language, responsible for an absence of "national character" (Channing, "Essay" 311). (1) Walter Channing, interestingly, chose the word "character." Although by this period critics--including Charles Brockden Brown, William Cullen Bryant, Samuel Miller, and essayists for the Port Folio--noted successes (such as trade, science, the "Mechanic Arts" (2)), the language and literature were considered at times intractably non-original. (3) ...