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The Cambridge history of the American novel
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The History of the American Novel as mentioned in this paper traces the American novel from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to its diverse incarnations in the multi-ethnic, multi-media culture of the present day.Abstract:
This ambitious literary history traces the American novel from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to its diverse incarnations in the multi-ethnic, multi-media culture of the present day In a set of original essays by renowned scholars from all over the world, the volume extends important critical debates and frames new ones Offering new views of American classics, it also breaks new ground to show the role of popular genres - such as science fiction and mystery novels - in the creation of the literary tradition One of the original features of this book is the dialogue between the essays, highlighting cross-currents between authors and their works as well as across historical periods While offering a narrative of the development of the genre, the History reflects the multiple methodologies that have informed readings of the American novel and will change the way scholars and readers think about American literary historyread more
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Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America
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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination.
Trudier Harris,Toni Morrison +1 more
TL;DR: Morrison as mentioned in this paper argues that race has become a metaphor, a way of referring to forces, events, and forms of social decay, economic division, and human panic, and argues that individualism, masculinity, the insistence upon innocence coupled to an obsession with figurations of death and hell are responses to a dark and abiding Africanist presence.
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The Rites of Assent: Transformations in the Symbolic Construction of America
Pat Righelato,Sacvan Bercovitch +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the music of America is described as "the Music of America" and "the End of Puritan Rhetoric", and the Problem of Ideology in American Literary Studies is discussed.
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The Land before Her: Fantasy and Experience of the American Frontiers, 1630-1860.
Nina Baym,Annette Kolodny +1 more
TL;DR: Kolodny examines the evidence of three generations of women's writing about the frontier and finds that, although the American frontiersman imagined the wilderness as virgin land, an unspoiled Eve to be taken, the pioneer woman at his side dreamed more modestly of a garden to be cultivated as mentioned in this paper.
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The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940.
TL;DR: Orvell as discussed by the authors argues that the roots of contemporary popular culture reach back to the Victorian era, when mechanical replications of familiar objects reigned supreme and realism dominated artistic representation, and a number of artists and intellectuals at the turn of the century were inspired by the machine to create more authentic works of art that were themselves ''real things''.
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