Sons and daughters of self-made men : improvising gender, place, nation in American literature /

"At a moment in which America seems simultaneously more closed and more open to change than ever before, Sons and Daughters of Self-Made Men: Improvising Gender, Place, Nation in American Literature re-examines a defining national discourse. Exploring the dilemmas of U.S. subjects positioned as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carden, Mary Paniccia
Autor Corporativo: Bucknell University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, Pa. : Bucknell University Press, 2010.
Temas:
American literature > History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Self-determination, National, in literature.
Success in literature.
Ideology in literature.
Patriarchy in literature.
Identité collective dans la littérature.
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes dans la littérature.
Succès dans la littérature.
Idéologie dans la littérature.
American literature
Group identity in literature
Ideology in literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
Patriarchy in literature
Self-determination, National, in literature
Success in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface : pioneers and patriots
  • Introduction : self-making and self-improvisation
  • Fatherlands : paternal erotics of place in Faulkner, Welty, and Morrison
  • No-places : un-made children in Petry, Ellison, and Boyle
  • Motherlands : alternative places in Cather, Smiley, and Faulkner
  • Otherlands : self-improvisation in Cisneros, Wideman, and Morrison
  • Coda : improvisation nation.

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