Writers in retrospect [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of American literary history, 1875-1910 / / Claudia Stokes

• Autore: Stokes Claudia <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 810/.9
• Soggetto topico: American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Criticism - United States - History - 19th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-224) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Renaissance ; Epilogue: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Writers in retrospect
• ISBN: 979-88-908803-0-7; 0-8078-7750-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778150203321
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