Ruthless democracy : a multicultural interpretation of the American renaissance /

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In Ruthless Democracy, Timothy Powell reimagines the canonical origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. Taking his title from Melville, Powell identifies an unresolvable conflic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powell, Timothy B., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2000]
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Diversité culturelle dans la littérature.
Groupes ethniques dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Cultural pluralism in literature
Minorities in literature
Literature and society
Ethnicity in literature
Ethnic groups in literature
Democracy in literature
American literature > Minority authors
American literature
United States
Abolition.
Aesthetics.
American: colonization.
Anthropology.
Beaver, Harold.
Bercovitch, Sacvan.
Brown, Charles.
Calhoun, John C.
Capitalism.
Cherokee Phoenix.
Cherokee.
Colonization.
Cultural Studies.
Democracy.
Digger Indians.
Disability.
Doctrine of Discovery.
Domesticity.
Economy.
Feminism.
Forgetting.
Free Soil Movement.
Garrison, William Lloyd.
Gleiter, Karin.
Hermeneutics.
Hybridity.
Ideology.
Indian Removal Act.
Industrial Revolution.
Jarvis, Edward.
Jefferson, Thomas.
Know-Nothings.
Leslie, Joshua.
Lubiano, Wahneema.
Masculinity.
Mexican-American War.
Minstrelsy.
Miscegenation.
Monoculturalism.
Nationalism.
Nativism.
Naumkeag Indians.
Owens, Louis.
Philosophy.
Postnationalism.
Queerness.
Radical democracy.
Roberts, Joseph Jenkins.
Ruthless democracy.
Seneca Falls Convention.
Sentimental Imperialism.
Stowe, Calvin.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne: history imagined "fantastically awry"
  • John Rollin Ridge: extending the borders of "America" from New England to Alta California
  • Henry David Thoreau: "the only true America"
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's cabin and the question of the American colonization society
  • William Wells Brown: mapping the American diaspora
  • Herman Melville: ruthless democracy.

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