03327nam 2200661 a 450 991045391880332120200520144314.00-8173-8178-3(CKB)1000000000537493(EBL)438138(OCoLC)320324064(SSID)ssj0000117476(PQKBManifestationID)11129465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117476(PQKBWorkID)10049491(PQKB)10502160(MiAaPQ)EBC438138(MdBmJHUP)muse8876(Au-PeEL)EBL438138(CaPaEBR)ebr10237153(EXLCZ)99100000000053749320031223d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCanons by consensus[electronic resource] critical trends and American literature anthologies /Joseph Csicsila ; foreword by Tom QuirkTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20041 online resource (286 p.)Studies in American literary realism and naturalismDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5867-6 0-8173-1397-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index.Contents; Foreword by Tom Quirk; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Historical Context; 2. Early- and Mid-Nineteenth-Century Prose: Irving, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville; 3. Nineteenth-Century Poetry: Whitman, Dickinson, Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Larcom, Thaxter, Lanier, Tabb; 4. Post-Civil War Prose: Twain, Harte, Howells, James; 5. Latter-Nineteenth-Century Prose: Stowe, Jewett, Freeman, Chopin; 6. The African American Heritage: Equiano, Jacobs, Douglass, Dunbar, Chesnutt, Harper; 7. Early-Twentieth-Century Women Writers: Wharton, Cather, Glasgow; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe first systematic analysis of American literature textbooks used by college instructors in the last century. Scholars have long noted the role that college literary anthologies play in the rising and falling reputations of American authors. Canons by Consensus examines this classroom fixture in detail to challenge and correct a number of assumptions about the development of the literary canon throughout the 20th century. Joseph Csicsila analyzes more than 80 anthologies published since 1919 and traces not only the critical fortunes of individual authors, but also the treatment of entire genStudies in American literary realism and naturalism.American literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etcLiterature publishingUnited StatesCriticismUnited StatesAnthologiesEditingCanon (Literature)Electronic books.American literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Literature publishingCriticismAnthologiesEditing.Canon (Literature)810.9Csicsila Joseph1968-984956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453918803321Canons by consensus2466495UNINA