Xenocitizens : Illiberal Ontologies in Nineteenth-Century America

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Xenocitizens returns to the nineteenth century in order to uncover realities and possibilities that have been foreclosed by dominant liberal paradigms. Examining how antebellum crises pushed writers to formulate alternative ontological and social models for personhood and sociality, Xenocitizens gli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berger, Jason
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social change in literature.
Politics and literature.
Literature and society.
Liberalism in literature.
Liberalism.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Liberalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Changement social dans la litterature.
Liberalisme dans la litterature.
Politique et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
ontology.
neoliberalism.
liberalism.
ecology.
antebellum U.S.
William Wells Brown.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Nineteenth-century American literature.
Martin Delany.
Margaret Fuller.
Henry David Thoreau.
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Liberalism > United States > History > 19th century.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • XENOCITIZENS
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction: Xenocitizens
  • Part I ILLIBERAL ONTOLOGIES
  • 1. Emerson's Operative Mood
  • 2. Agitating Margaret Fuller
  • Part II ILLIBERAL ECOLOGIES
  • 3. Thoreau's Militant Vegetables
  • 4. Unadjusted Emancipations
  • Epilogue: Care, There and Now
  • Notes
  • Index

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