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Weitere Ausg.: Reproduktion von Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Moby Dick [199-?]

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik

Schlagwort(e): Rache ; Walfang ; Tod ; Mensch ; Tiere ; Walfang ; Seeschifffahrt ; Schiffsbesatzung ; Jugendbuch ; Patentschrift

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Mehr zum Autor: Melville, Herman 1819-1891

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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (214 Seiten)

ISBN: 9783839452530

Serie: American culture studies volume 31

Inhalt: In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the American theater emerged as a crucial cultural space for debates around gender stereotypes, gendered conduct, sexual desire, the politics of intimacy and domesticity, female authorship, as well as the complex intersections of gender and other markers of cultural difference, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, age, or nation. This collection explores the role of gender in the formation of American theatrical culture in this period. It features essays on well-known early American dramatists such as Susanna Rowson or Judith Sargent Murray, but also sheds light on anonymous authors and more obscure theatrical practices

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-8376-5253-6

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik

Schlagwort(e): USA ; Drama ; Geschlechterverhältnis ; Geschichte 1770-1860 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.14361/9783839452530

DOI: 10.1515/9783839452530

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Mehr zum Autor: Lippert, Leopold

Mehr zum Autor: Poole, Ralph J. 1964-

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Umfang: XI, 325 S. , Ill.

ISBN: 9780807858349 , 9780807831366

Serie: Cultural studies of the United States

Inhalt: Challenging the conventional wisdom that the 1930s were dominated by literary and photographic realism, Sensational Modernism uncovers a rich vein of experimental work by politically progressive artists. Examining images by photographers such as Weegee and Aaron Siskind and fiction by writers such as William Carlos Williams, Richard Wright, Tillie Olsen, and Pietro di Donato, Joseph Entin argues that these artists drew attention to the country's most vulnerable residents by using what he calls an "aesthetic of astonishment," focused on startling, graphic images of pain, injury, and prejudice. Traditional portrayals of the poor depicted stoic, passive figures of sentimental suffering or degraded but potentially threatening figures in need of supervision. Sensational modernists sought to shock middle-class audiences into new ways of seeing the nation's impoverished and outcast populations. The striking images these artists created, often taking the form of contorted or disfigured bodies drawn from the realm of the tabloids, pulp magazines, and cinema, represented a bold, experimental form of social aesthetics. Entin argues that these artists created a willfully unorthodox brand of vernacular modernism in which formal avant-garde innovations were used to delineate the conditions, contradictions, and pressures of life on the nation's fringes.

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik

Schlagwort(e): USA ; Experimentelle Prosa ; Geschichte 1930-1940 ; USA ; Fotografie ; Geschichte 1930-1940 ; USA ; Kunst ; Literatur ; Geschichte 1930-1940 ; Weegee 1899-1968 ; Siskind, Aaron 1903-1991 ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Umfang: XI, 254 S.

ISBN: 0300057946

Inhalt: Early American literature has traditionally been defined as writings in English by residents of the land that later became the United States. Thanks to this definition, it has only a modest reputation: "early" has come to mean "less" - less American and less literary than American literature proper. In this book, William C. Spengemann redefines early American literature, calling it writings in English that reflect or have been influenced by the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World. Spengemann argues that linguistic criteria should have precedence over national origin in determining the national literature to which a given work rightfully belongs, and from this perspective he examines a variety of works in new and provocative ways. He analyzes Milton's Paradise Lost as an American poem that reflects the impact of the discovery and settlement of America on seventeenth-century religious culture; traces the semantic development of the English word Columbus from its first written appearance in 1553 to its identification with the United States after 1780; and compares in detail Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, viewing them as comparable - and American - writings, all concerned with comprehending the displacement of the remembered Old World by an altogether new one.

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik

Schlagwort(e): USA ; Literatur ; Geschichte Anfänge-1775 ; USA ; Literatur ; Geschichte 1580-1790 ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Umfang: X, 271 S.

Ausgabe: 1. ed.

ISBN: 0827605137 , 0827605382

Inhalt: What Is Jewish Literature? is a richly thoughtful analysis and comprehensive overview of what defines Jewish literature. It is an international collection, featuring authors and scholars who write in different languages from different literary, spiritual, and personal perspectives. The book explores long-standing questions: What are the criteria for identifying Jewish literature? Are they language, religious affiliation of the author, religious sensibility, a distinctive Jewish imagination, or literary tradition? If the writer is the criterion, do Sholem Aleichem and Nathanael West really inhabit a shared universe? Is a text by S.Y. Agnon part of the same literary tradition as a play by Arthur Miller? Is Yiddish or Hebrew or Ladino the defining element? If so, where do we place Franz Kafka, Primo Levi, Elie Weisel, Saul Bellow, Nellie Sachs

Inhalt: Is tradition the yardstick? Do we then classify Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet as a Jewish novel... as Holocaust literature... as American fiction? What Is Jewish Literature? debates all these possibilities. It is a landmark collection that encourages the reader to participate in the quest for answers that defy simple responses. The contributors reflect the multilingual and multicultural nature of any discussion of Jewish literature. Their voices range from polemical to speculative, from scientific to lyrical. What Is Jewish Literature? is an enduring contribution to the literary resource for the scholar, the teacher, and the student and for any individual who strives to appreciate, evaluate, and understand the varied riches of Jewish writing

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik , Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen , Germanistik

Schlagwort(e): Jüdische Literatur ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 622 Seiten)

ISBN: 9783110376739 , 9783110393415

Serie: Handbooks of English and American studies volume 3

Inhalt: Transatlantic literary studies have provided important new perspectives on North American, British and Irish literature. They have led to a revision of literary history and the idea of a national literature. They have changed the perception of the Anglo-American literary market and its many processes of transatlantic production, distribution, reception and criticism. Rather than dwelling on comparisons or engaging with the notion of ‘influence,’ transatlantic literary studies seek to understand North American, British and Irish literature as linked with each other by virtue of multi-layered historical and cultural ties and pay special attention to the many refractions and mutual interferences that have characterized these traditions since colonial times. This handbook brings together articles that summarize some of the crucial transatlantic concepts, debates and topics. The contributions contained in this volume examine periods in literary and cultural history, literary movements, individual authors as well as genres from a transatlantic perspective, combining theoretical insight with textual analysis

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-3-11-037637-1

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-/Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-11-037674-6

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik , Anglistik

Schlagwort(e): Großbritannien ; Irland ; USA ; Literaturbeziehungen ; Amerikanistik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.1515/9783110376739

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Umfang: xi, 284 Seiten , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780813169286

Serie: Political companions to great American authors

Anmerkung: Contents; Series Foreword; Written Remarks for the 2013 PEN Literary Gala; Introduction: Philip Roth's Political Thought; 1 "An ear in search of a word"; 2 Serving His Tour as an "Exasperated Liberal and Indignant Citizen"; 3 The Politics and Literature of Unknowingness; 4 Four Pathologies and a State of Sanity; 5 Three Voices or One?; 6 Roth at Century's End; 7 "Novotny's Pain"; 8 The Body Politic; 9 Philip Roth and Life as a Man; 10 The American Berserk in Sabbath's Theater (1995); 11 Philip Roth and the American "Underclass" in The Human Stain

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, epub ISBN 978-0-8131-6930-9

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, pdf ISBN 978-0-8131-6929-3

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik

Schlagwort(e): Roth, Philip 1933-2018 ; Politisches Denken ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Umfang: Online-Ressource (xii, 324 p)

Ausgabe: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 0748626026 , 1281947725 , 0748626018 , 9780748631322 , 9781281947727 , 9780748626021 , 9780748626014

Inhalt: Will the twenty-first century be the next American Century? Will American power and ideas dominate the globe in the coming years? Or is the prestige of the United States likely to crumble beneath the pressure of new international challenges?. This ground-breaking book explores the changing patterns of American thought and culture at the dawn of the new millennium, when the world's richest nation has never been more powerful or more controversial. It brings together some of the most eminent North American and European thinkers to investigate the crucial issues and challenges facing the United S

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index , Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction: The Next American Century?; Part 1: Politics; 1. American Politics in the 1990s and 2000s; 2. American Leadership into the New Century; 3. 9/11 and US Foreign Policy; 4. Three Variations on American Liberalism; 5. The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism; 6. US Propaganda; Part 2: Society; 7. Contemporary Social Criticism; 8. Religion in Post-secular America; 9. The US and Globalisation; 10. The Future of Medicine; 11. Technology in the 21st Century; 12, America and the Environment; Part 3: Culture , 13. Contemporary American Culture14. Cultural Pluralism and National Identity; 15. Writing in the Wake of 9/11; 16. American Ways of Seeing; 17. Television and DIgital Media; 18. Animation and DIgital Culture; Bibliography; Index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 128194677X

Weitere Ausg.: Print version American Thought and Culture in the 21st Century

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik , Anglistik

Schlagwort(e): Aufsatzsammlung

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Umfang: XVIII, 430 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 0820439169 , 082043101X

Inhalt: "This collection of essays brings to college students and the general public a scholarly, yet accessible and provocative text in Native American Studies. The contributors draw upon their expertise in such diverse disciplines as economics, education, film studies, history, linguistics, literature, museum studies, popular culture, and religion. Each essay highlights a particular aspect of Native American experience, from the oppressive indoctrination of boarding schools to the successful strategic planning of Indian casinos to the exciting creativity of Native American literature. In addition, many of the essays introduce the reader to the disciplines through which we can approach this important and fascinating topic, engagingly taking the reader through the process of how historians or economists or literary scholars go about their work."--BOOK JACKET.

Anmerkung: Literaturangaben

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik

Schlagwort(e): Indianer ; Kultur ; Nordamerika ; Geschichte ; Indianer ; Literatur ; Nordamerika ; USA ; Indianer ; Kultur ; Geschichte 1950-1995 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Mehr zum Autor: Morrison, Dane Anthony 1949-

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Umfang: IX, 278 S.

ISBN: 0226075540 , 0226075559

Inhalt: The spread of industrialism, the emergence of professionalism, the challenge to slavery - these and other developments fueled an anxious debate about work in antebellum America. In this book, Nicholas K. Bromell discusses the ways in which American writers participated in this cultural contestation of the nature and meaning of work. In chapters on Thoreau, Melville, Hawthorne, Rebecca Harding Davis, Susan Warner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglass, Bromell shows how these writers not only scrutinized work - be it factory labor, agriculture, maternal labor, or slave labor - but also reflected upon its relation to their own work of writing. Bromell argues that American writers generally sensed a deep affinity between the mental labor of writing and such bodily labors as blacksmithing, house building, housework, mothering, field labor, growing beans, and so on

Inhalt: Nevertheless, writers resisted identifying their labor as purely or simply bodily, both because society placed mental and spiritual labor at the top of its scale of values and because the body was so often the site of gender or racial subjugation. Bromell also makes important contributions to three areas of nineteenth-century social history. He probes the period's conflicting ideas of mothers as both spiritual "angels of the house" and ineluctably embodied laborers in the home. Using as an example the exhibitions of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, he discusses the advent of an industrial ideology that sought to devalue the meaning of skilled manual labor. Finally, he suggests that, paradoxically, slaves were sometimes able to find in their labor a mode of self-actualization within slavery

Inhalt: Deftly combining literary and social history, canonical and noncanonical texts, primary source material and contemporary theory, By the Sweat of the Brow establishes work as an important subject of cultural criticism. At the same time, it contributes to discussions of race, gender, and the body in American literary studies

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Amerikanistik

Schlagwort(e): USA ; Literatur ; Arbeit ; Geschichte 1800-1861 ; USA ; Literatur ; Sklave ; Geschichte 1800-1861 ; USA ; Schriftsteller ; Sklave ; Geschichte 1800-1861 ; USA ; Arbeiterliteratur ; Geschichte 1800-1861 ; USA ; Literatur ; Arbeit ; Geschichte 1800-1861 ; USA ; Literatur ; Sklaverei ; Geschichte 1800-1861 ; Aufsatzsammlung

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