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Titolo |
American exceptionalisms [[electronic resource] ] : from Winthrop to Winfrey / / edited by Sylvia Söderlind and James Taylor Carson |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SöderlindSylvia <1948-> |
CarsonJames Taylor <1968-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Exceptionalism - United States |
National characteristics, American |
United States Civilization |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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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""American Exceptionalisms""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Introduction:The Shining of America""; ""1. Witch-hunting:American Exceptionalism and Global Terrorism""; ""2. Both East and West:Asia and the Origins of American Exceptionalism""; ""3. The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind:American Universalism and Exceptionalism in the Early Republic""; ""4. Burlesquing America's Errand:Savage Satire in Irving's History of New York and Melville's The Confidence-Man""; ""5. Exclusion Acts:How Popular Westerns Brokeredthe Atlantic Diaspora"" |
""Afterword:American Exceptionalism in American Intellectual Conversation,or How I Finally Submitted to Literary Criticism""""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""; |
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