Predicting the past : the paradoxes of American literary history /

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Drawing from the social theories of Niklas Luhmann and Mary Douglas, Predicting the Past advocates a reflexive understanding of the paradoxical institutional dynamic of American literary history as a professional discipline and field of study. Contrary to most disciplinary accounts, Michael Boyden r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boyden, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The pre-history of American literature : early prospects (1850-1910)
  • Live and let live : debating contemporary literature (1890-1930)
  • The uses of language : literary polyvocality and ethnic continuity (1880-1950)
  • Precursors and exemplars : genealogies in American literary history.

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