UID:
almafu_9959241233202883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-028137-5
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1-280-43951-3
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1-4237-3587-0
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0-19-536484-8
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1-60129-607-X
Content:
This challenging book works towards a redefinition of literature and literary study. The texts the author examines are viewed not as works of art embodying enduring themes, but as attempts to redefine the social order.
Note:
Includes index.
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Contents; Introduction: The Cultural Work of American Fiction; I: Masterpiece Theater: The Politics of Hawthorne's Literary Reputation; II: What Happens in Wieland; III: The Importance of Merely Circulating; IV: No Apologies for the Iroquois: A New Way to Read the Leatherstocking Novels; V: Sentimental Power: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Politics of Literary History; VI: The Other American Renaissance; VII: ""But Is It Any Good?"": The Institutionalization of Literary Value; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-504119-4
Language:
English
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