Revisionary Interventions into the Americanist Canon by Donald E. Pease (English

Description: Revisionary Interventions into the Americanist Canon by Donald E. Pease Throughout the era of the Cold War a consensus reigned as to what constituted the great works of American literature. Yet as scholars have increasingly shown, and as this volume unmistakably demonstrates, that consensus was built upon the repression of the voices and historical contexts of subordinated social groups as well as literary works themselves, works both outside and within the traditional canon. This book is an effort to recover those lost voices. Engaging New Historicist, neo-Marxist, poststructuralist, and other literary practices, this volume marks important shifts in the organizing principles and self-understanding of the field of American Studies.Originally published as a special issue of boundary 2, the essays gathered here discuss writers as diverse as Kate Chopin, Frederick Douglass, Emerson, Melville, W. D. Howells, Henry James, W. E. B. DuBois, and Mark Twain, plus the historical figure John Brown. Two major sections devoted to the theory of romance and to cultural-historical analyses emphasize the political perspective of "New Americanist" literary and cultural study."Contributors." William E. Cain, Wai-chee Dimock, Howard Horwitz, Gregory S. Jay, Steven Mailloux, John McWilliams, Susan Mizruchi, Donald E. Pease, Ivy Schweitzer, Priscilla Wald, Michael Warner, Robert Weimann FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Throughout the era of the Cold War a consensus reigned as to what constituted the great works of American literature. Yet as scholars have increasingly shown, and as this volume unmistakably demonstrates, that consensus was built upon the repression of the voices and historical contexts of subordinated social groups as well as literary works themselves, works both outside and within the traditional canon. This book is an effort to recover those lost voices. Engaging New Historicist, neo-Marxist, poststructuralist, and other literary practices, this volume marks important shifts in the organizing principles and self-understanding of the field of American Studies.Originally published as a special issue of boundary 2, the essays gathered here discuss writers as diverse as Kate Chopin, Frederick Douglass, Emerson, Melville, W. D. Howells, Henry James, W. E. B. DuBois, and Mark Twain, plus the historical figure John Brown. Two major sections devoted to the theory of romance and to cultural-historical analyses emphasize the political perspective of "New Americanist" literary and cultural study.Contributors. William E. Cain, Wai-chee Dimock, Howard Horwitz, Gregory S. Jay, Steven Mailloux, John McWilliams, Susan Mizruchi, Donald E. Pease, Ivy Schweitzer, Priscilla Wald, Michael Warner, Robert Weimann Table of Contents Preface viiNew Americanists: Revisionist Interventions in to the Canon / Donald E. Pease 1The Res Publica of Letters / Michael Warner 38The Rationale for "The American Romance" / John McWilliams 71Scarcity, Subjectivity, and Emerson / Wai-chee Dimock 83Hearing Narrative Voices in Melvilles Pierre / Priscilla Wald 100The Rhetorical Use and Abuse of Fiction: Eating Books in Late Nineteenth-Century American / Steven Mailloux 133Maternal Discourse and the Romance of Self-Possession in Kate Chopins The Awakening / Ivy Schweitzer 158Realism, Ideology, and the Novel in American (1886-1896): Changing Perspectives in the Work of Mark Twain, W. D. Howells, and Henry James / Robert Weimann 189American Literature and the New Historicism: The Example of Frederick Douglass / Gregory S. Jay 211"Ours by the Law of Naure": Romance and Independents on Mark Twains River / Howard Horwitz 243Cataloging the Creatures of the Deep: "Billy Budd, Sailor" and the Rise of Sociology / Susan Misruchi 272Violence, Revolution and the Cost of Freedom: John Brown and W. E. B. DuBois / WIlliam E. Cain 305Contributors 331Index 333 Details ISBN0822314932 Short Title REVISIONARY INTERVENTIONS-P Pages 352 Series New Americanists Language English ISBN-10 0822314932 ISBN-13 9780822314936 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1994 Author Donald E. Pease Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Publisher Duke University Press Edited by Donald E. Pease DOI 10.1604/9780822314936 UK Release Date 1994-06-17 AU Release Date 1994-06-17 NZ Release Date 1994-06-17 US Release Date 1994-06-17 Publication Date 1994-06-17 DEWEY 810.9 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131532167;

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