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Apostles of modernity : American writers in the age of development /
Apostles of Modernity offers an original, in-depth study of the literary manifestations of this period of globalism in novels, memoirs, essays, reportage, and political commentary. Through close readings of texts Reynolds revisits and reassesses U.S. internationalism, showing how writers and intelle...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2008.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Apostles of Modernity offers an original, in-depth study of the literary manifestations of this period of globalism in novels, memoirs, essays, reportage, and political commentary. Through close readings of texts Reynolds revisits and reassesses U.S. internationalism, showing how writers and intellectuals engaged with a cluster of topics: decolonization, the rise of the Third World, Islamic difference, the end of European empires, China?s enduring significance, and transatlantic and cosmopolitan identities. Throughout, the ideals of the United States as "apostle of modernity" and spo |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803216464 0803216467 1281733970 9781281733979 9786611733971 6611733973 |