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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778150203321

Autore

Stokes Claudia <1970->

Titolo

Writers in retrospect [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of American literary history, 1875-1910 / / Claudia Stokes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006

ISBN

979-88-908803-0-7

0-8078-7750-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

810/.9

Soggetti

American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Criticism - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: The Lay of the Land: Nation and the Responsibilities of Literary History; 1 A Culture of Retrospection: The Rise of Literary History in the Late Nineteenth Century; 2 Preservation and Assimilation: Brander Matthews and the Silences of Literary History; PART II: Class, Authority, and Literary History; 3 Copyrighting American History: International Copyright and the Periodization of the Nineteenth Century; 4 A Higher Function: Literary History and the Advent of Professionalism; 5 Rancor's Remains: Barrett Wendell and the New England Renaissance

Epilogue: Relevance and Its DiscontentsNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting an analysis of the American literary history, this work offers important insights into the practices, beliefs, and values that shaped the discipline. It reveals the forces, both inside and outside the academy, that propelled the rise of American literary history and persist as influences on the work of practitioners of the field.