The global remapping of American literature

The global remapping of American literature

Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literaturePart one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of m...

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1. Verfasser: Giles, Paul (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ u.a. Princeton Univ. Press 2011
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American literature > History and criticism > Geography in literature > Boundaries in literature > Space in literature > Regionalism in literature > National characteristics, American, in literature > United States > In literature > USA > Literatur > Geografie > Raum > Natur > Grenze
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literaturePart one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of modernism: geography as allegory; suburb, network, homeland: national space and the rhetoric of broadcasting -- Part three: Spatial longitudes. Hemispheric parallax: South America and the American South; metaregionalism: the global pacific northwest -- Conclusion: American literature and the question of circumference.
Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literature -- Part one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of modernism: geography as allegory; suburb, network, homeland: national space and the rhetoric of broadcasting -- Part three: Spatial longitudes. Hemispheric parallax: South America and the American South; metaregionalism: the global pacific northwest -- Conclusion: American literature and the question of circumference.
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. [269] - 304
Beschreibung:XI, 325 S.
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:0691136130
0-691-13613-0
9780691136134
978-0-691-13613-4