The Genius of Place : The Geographic Imagination in the Early Republic /

The Genius of Place examines how, after the War of 1812, concerns about the scale of the nation resulted in a fundamental reorientation of American identity away from the Atlantic or global ties that held sway in the early republic and toward more localized forms of identification. Instead of addres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Apap, Christopher C., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, New Hampshire : University of New Hampshire Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nationalbewusstsein
Identifikation
Region
Literatur
Regionalism in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Local color in literature.
Civilization.
American literature.
Nationalisme dans la litterature.
Couleur locale dans la litterature.
Litterature regionale.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 19e siecle.
United States > Civilization > 19th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "Let us bind the nation together"
  • Shifting perspectives
  • Sedgwick's sectional picturesque
  • The sectional middle ground
  • The genius of latitude
  • Southern interventions in the wake of crisis
  • Western reorientations
  • Placing the native in the era of removal
  • Walker's African American emplacement
  • "Build, therefore, your own world."

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