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UNINA9910827762603321 |
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Autore |
Elmer Jonathan <1961-> |
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Titolo |
On lingering and being last : race and sovereignty in the New World / / Jonathan Elmer |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-4098-3 |
0-8232-4821-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism |
English literature - History and criticism |
Sovereignty in literature |
Race in literature |
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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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On lingering and being last : Aphra Behn and the deterritorialized sovereign -- The future perfect king : Olaudah Equiano and the poetics of experience -- Was Billy black? Herman Melville and the captive king -- Jefferson's convulsions : archiving Logan -- Sovereignty, race, and melancholy in the transatlantic romantic novel -- Treaties, trauma, trees : the dream of Hadwin. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 'On Lingering and Being Last', Jonathan Elmer argues that the logic of sovereignty that emerged in early modern Europe and that limits our thinking today must be understood as a fundamentally racialized logic, first visible in the New World. |
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