Main Street and Empire : The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization /

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In Main Street and Empire, Ryan Poll argues that the small town, as evoked by the image of "Main Street," is not a relic of the past but rather a metaphorical screen upon which the nation's "everyday" stories and subjects are projected on both a national and global level. It...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poll, Ryan, 1975-
Corporate Author: American Literatures Initiative
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literature and globalization.
City and town life in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
Cities and towns.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature et mondialisation.
Villes > États-Unis.
Vie urbaine dans la litterature.
Cities and towns > United States.
American literature > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Main Street and Empire, Ryan Poll argues that the small town, as evoked by the image of "Main Street," is not a relic of the past but rather a metaphorical screen upon which the nation's "everyday" stories and subjects are projected on both a national and global level. It brings together a wide range of literary, cultural, and political texts to examine how the small town is used to imagine and reproduce the nation throughout the twentieth- and into the twenty-first century
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9780813552897

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