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Reising Russell |
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The unusable past : theory and the study of American literature / / Russell J. Reising |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-49501-0 |
1-315-01602-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Criticism - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 1986"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""General editor�s preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The unused past: theorists of American literature and the problem of exclusivity""; ""An unusable past?""; ""What is an American author?""; ""American literature: out of space - out of time""; ""The consolation of criticism""; ""2 The problem of Puritan origins in literary history and theory""; ""Puritanism as tragic vision: Perry Miller""; ""Puritanism as allegory: Yvor Winters, Richard Chase, and Leslie Fiedler"" |
""Puritanism as rhetoric: Sacvan Bercovitch""""3 �Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is�: cultural theories of American literature""; ""Unreality in America: Lionel Trilling""; ""Parties of one: R. W. B. Lewis""; ""The romance of America: Richard Chase""; ""The apolitical unconscious: Leslie Fiedler""; ""An American fable: Leo Marx""; ""The Phelps farm revisited: cultural theorists on Huckleberry Finn""; ""4 American literature should not mean but be: self-reflexive theories of American literature""; ""D. H. Lawrence and American art-speech"" |
""New Criticism and the American Renaissance: F. O. Matthiessen""""Making the world safefor symbolism: Charles Feidelson, Jr""; ""Worlds elsewhere: Richard Poirier""; ""Myths of American origins: post-structuralism""; ""�The world�s body'""; ""5 What is to be done?""; |
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