LEADER 03294nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910782142503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8178-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000537493 035 $a(EBL)438138 035 $a(OCoLC)320324064 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000117476 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117476 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10049491 035 $a(PQKB)10502160 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8876 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438138 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10237153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438138 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000537493 100 $a20031223d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCanons by consensus$b[electronic resource] $ecritical trends and American literature anthologies /$fJoseph Csicsila ; foreword by Tom Quirk 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5867-6 311 $a0-8173-1397-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aThe first systematic analysis of American literature textbooks used by college instructors in the last century. Scholars have long noted the role that college literary anthologies play in the rising and falling reputations of American authors. Canons by Consensus examines this classroom fixture in detail to challenge and correct a number of assumptions about the development of the literary canon throughout the 20th century. Joseph Csicsila analyzes more than 80 anthologies published since 1919 and traces not only the critical fortunes of individual authors, but also the treatment of entire gen 410 0$aStudies in American literary realism and naturalism. 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aLiterature publishing$zUnited States 606 $aCriticism$zUnited States 606 $aAnthologies$xEditing 606 $aCanon (Literature) 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aLiterature publishing 615 0$aCriticism 615 0$aAnthologies$xEditing. 615 0$aCanon (Literature) 676 $a810.9 700 $aCsicsila$b Joseph$f1968-$01526042 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782142503321 996 $aCanons by consensus$93846644 997 $aUNINA