Description |
1 online resource (x, 221 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction: envisioning obscurity: history, racial knowing, and the "Perfect Whiteness of the Snow" -- Seeing in the dark houses: history and obscurity in Light in August and Absalom, Absalom! -- "Orders from the house": American historicism in The Shining -- Fargo's whitened spaces: history, race, and the postmodern sublime -- Queer historiography in The bridge -- Conclusion: "Rememory," the visual, and America's future history: race and the digital turn |
Summary |
"American Obscurantism argues for a salutary indirection in U.S. culture. From its earliest canonical literary works through late twentieth and early twenty-first century film, the most compelling manifestations of America's troubled history have articulated this content through a unique formal and tonal obscurity. Envisioning the formidable darkness attending racial history at nearly every stage of the republic's founding and ongoing devepment, writers such as William Faulkner and Hart Crane or directors like the Coen brothers and Stanley Kubrick present a powerful critique of American conquest, southern plantation culture, and western frontier ideology"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 08, 2019) |
Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature and history -- United States
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Historicism in literature.
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Race in literature.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History
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National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
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History in motion pictures.
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Race in motion pictures.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Race in motion pictures
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Race in literature
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National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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Motion pictures
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Literature and history
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Historicism in literature
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American literature
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History in literature
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History in motion pictures
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Motion pictures, American
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SUBJECT |
United States -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141046
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Subject |
United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2018033101 |
ISBN |
9780199797370 |
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0199797374 |
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9780190225735 |
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0190225734 |
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