02856nam 2200577 a 450 991077815020332120230828202930.0979-88-908803-0-70-8078-7750-6(CKB)1000000000477319(EBL)427159(OCoLC)476268769(SSID)ssj0000275137(PQKBManifestationID)11195169(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275137(PQKBWorkID)10350340(PQKB)10550056(Au-PeEL)EBL427159(CaPaEBR)ebr10273463(CaONFJC)MIL930943(MiAaPQ)EBC427159(EXLCZ)99100000000047731920060329d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriters in retrospect[electronic resource] the rise of American literary history, 1875-1910 /Claudia StokesChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20061 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5720-3 0-8078-3040-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-224) and index.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 RenaissanceEpilogue: 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; 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.American literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etcCriticismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAmerican literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.CriticismHistory810/.9Stokes Claudia1970-1559424MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778150203321Writers in retrospect3836752UNINA