Dislocating Race and Nation : Episodes in Nineteenth-Century American Literary Nationalism /

American literary nationalism is traditionally understood as a cohesive literary tradition developed in the newly independent United States that emphasized the unique features of America and consciously differentiated American literature from British literature. Robert S. Levine challenges this asse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations in literature.
Nationalism and literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and society.
Literature and history.
Black nationalism in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Nationalisme noir dans la litterature.
Relations raciales dans la litterature.
Litterature et societe > Histoire.
Litterature americaine > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Nationalisme et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Litterature et histoire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > History.
American literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Nationalism and literature > United States > History.
Literature and history > United States > History.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Undoings
  • Charles Brockden Brown, Louisiana, and the contingencies of empire
  • Circulating the nation: David Walker, the Missouri Compromise, and the appeals of black literary nationalism
  • Genealogical fictions: Melville and Hannah crafts in Hawthorne's house
  • Frederick Douglass's hemispheric nationalism, 1857-1893
  • Undoings redux.

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