Creating American Civilization : A Genealogy of American Literature as an Academic Discipline

Show other versions (2)

David R. Shumway contends that American literature is the product of study - the deliberate invention of a discipline seeking to define the character and legitimate the existence of a specifically American civilization. He traces the various reconstitutions of American literature by examining the di...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shumway, David R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Civilization > Study and teaching.
Canon (Literature)
American literature > Study and teaching.
Chefs-d'oeuvre (Litterature)
Litterature americaine > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Litterature americaine > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis > Histoire.
American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
American literature > Study and teaching > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > Étude et enseignement.
United States > Civilization > Study and teaching.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The History of a Discipline; Part I. Beginnings; 1. The Literary in America, 1890-1920; 2. Preprofessional History and Criticism; 3. English as a Discursive Practice; Part II. Institutionalization; 4. American Literature as a Discipline: Constituting the Object; 5. Institutionalizing American Literature; 6. American Literature in the Curriculum; Part III. Creating American Civilization; 7. The Triumph of the Aesthetic; 8. Left Criticism and the New York Intellectuals; 9. Civilization "Discovered"; Epilogue: A Trailer; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G.

Similar Items