The unusable past : theory and the study of American literature / / Russell J. Reising
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| Autore: |
Reising Russell
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| Titolo: |
The unusable past : theory and the study of American literature / / Russell J. Reising
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
| Criticism - United States - History | |
| Note generali: | "First published 1986"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""General editor�s preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The unused past: theorists of American literature and the problem of exclusivity""; ""An unusable past?""; ""What is an American author?""; ""American literature: out of space - out of time""; ""The consolation of criticism""; ""2 The problem of Puritan origins in literary history and theory""; ""Puritanism as tragic vision: Perry Miller""; ""Puritanism as allegory: Yvor Winters, Richard Chase, and Leslie Fiedler"" |
| ""Puritanism as rhetoric: Sacvan Bercovitch""""3 �Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is�: cultural theories of American literature""; ""Unreality in America: Lionel Trilling""; ""Parties of one: R. W. B. Lewis""; ""The romance of America: Richard Chase""; ""The apolitical unconscious: Leslie Fiedler""; ""An American fable: Leo Marx""; ""The Phelps farm revisited: cultural theorists on Huckleberry Finn""; ""4 American literature should not mean but be: self-reflexive theories of American literature""; ""D. H. Lawrence and American art-speech"" | |
| ""New Criticism and the American Renaissance: F. O. Matthiessen""""Making the world safefor symbolism: Charles Feidelson, Jr""; ""Worlds elsewhere: Richard Poirier""; ""Myths of American origins: post-structuralism""; ""�The world�s body'""; ""5 What is to be done?""; ""What is the American tradition?""; ""New directions""; ""The American scene""; ""6 Conclusion: the significance of Frederick Douglass""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The unusable past |
| ISBN: | 1-136-49508-8 |
| 1-136-49501-0 | |
| 1-315-01602-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826718003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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