Format:
XII, 374 S.
ISBN:
0822318873
,
0822318911
Series Statement:
New Americanists
Content:
In this study of American cultural production from the colonial era to the present, Russell Reising takes up the loose ends of popular American narratives to craft a new theory of narrative closure. In the range of works examined here Reising finds endings that violate all existing theories of closure, and narratives that expose the often unarticulated issues that inspired these texts. Pursuing the implications of these failed moments of closure, Reising elaborates on topics ranging from the roots of domestic violence and mass murder in early American religious texts to the pornographic imperative of mid-century nature writing, and from James's "descent" into naturalist and feminist fiction to Dumbo's explosive projection of commercial, racial, and political agendas for postwar U.S. culture.
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
USA
;
Roman
;
Sozialer Konflikt
;
Geschichte 1780-1950
;
USA
;
Roman
;
Sozialer Konflikt
;
Geschichte 1780-1950
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