Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 390 pages) |
Series |
New Americanists |
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New Americanists.
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Contents |
Neither citizen nor alien : national narratives, Frederick Douglass, and the politics of self-definition -- "As from a faithful mirror : Pierre, Our Nig, and literary nationalism -- "The strange meaning of being black" : The souls of black folk and the narrative of history -- A "losing-self sense" : The making of Americans and the anxiety of identity -- Coda: An American "we." |
Summary |
"Ever since the founders drafted "We the people," "we" have been at pains to work out the contradictions in their formulation, to fix in words precisely what it means to be American. Constituting Americans rethinks the way that certain writers of the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century contributed to this project; in doing so, it revises the traditional narrative of U.S. literary history, restoring an essential chapter to the story of an emerging American cultural identity. In diverse ways, very different writers--including Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Harriet Wilson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Gertrude Stein--participated in the construction and dissemination of an American identity, but none was entirely at ease in the culture they all helped to define. Evident in their work is a haunting sense of their telling someone else's story, a discomfort that Priscilla Wald reads in the context of legal and political debates about citizenship and personhood that marked the emergence of the United States as a nation and a world power."--Provided by publisher |
Analysis |
English fiction History |
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United States |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-374) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation
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James, William, 1842-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 fast |
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Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 fast |
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 fast |
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 fast |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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James, William, 1842-1910 fast |
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 fast |
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Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua Buenos Aires gnd |
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Group identity -- United States -- History
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- United States
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Political culture -- United States -- History
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Group identity in literature.
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Anxiety in literature.
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15.85 history of America.
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18.06 Anglo-American literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- General.
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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Group identity in literature
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Anxiety in literature
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American literature
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Group identity
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects
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Political culture
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Gruppenidentität
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Prosa
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Amerikaans.
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Letterkunde.
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Culturele identiteit.
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Nationalisme.
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Identité collective -- États-Unis.
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Narration -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis.
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Culture politique -- États-Unis.
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Littérature et société -- États-Unis.
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Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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United States
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USA
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780822381907 |
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0822381907 |
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