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Rough Writing [[electronic resource] ] : Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt’s America / / Aviva F. Taubenfeld



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Autore: Taubenfeld Aviva F Visualizza persona
Titolo: Rough Writing [[electronic resource] ] : Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt’s America / / Aviva F. Taubenfeld Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
Disciplina: 973.91/1092
Soggetto topico: Immigrants - United States - Intellectual life
American literature - Minority authors - History and criticism
American literature - History and criticism
National characteristics, American, in literature
Ethnicity in literature
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Intellectual life 1865-1918
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato: America
American
Roosevelts
ethnic
examines
immigrant
implications
literature
place
surprising
writing
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index.
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mendel's Melting Pot:Israel Zangwill and theScience of the Crucible; 2. Two Flags to Love: JacobRiis and the TransnationalAmerican at the Turn of theTwentieth Century; 3. Making American Homesand America Home: TheodoreRoosevelt and Elizabeth Sternin the Pages of the Ladies'Home Journal; 4. "Threatin' Him as a Akel":Finley Peter Dunne's EthnicCritique of "True Americanism"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Sommario/riassunto: As the United States struggled to absorb a massive influx of ethnically diverse immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century, the question of who and what an American is took on urgent intensity. It seemed more critical than ever to establish a definition by which Americanness could be established, transmitted, maintained, and judged. Americans of all stripes sought to articulate and enforce their visions of the nation's past, present, and future; central to these attempts was President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt fully recognized the narrative component of American identity, and he calle
Titolo autorizzato: Rough Writing  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-8336-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910829019803321
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