J. Gerald Kennedy, Strange Nation: Literary Nationalism and Cultural Conflict in the Age of Poe
Gerald Kennedy’s book aims at bringing into view “the deformities that American literary nationalism tried to conceal” by “deconstructing the strangeness of nationalism itself and US cultural nation-building” (4, 11). By focusing on the period between the two great compromises of 1820 and 1850, the...
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IdeAs
2018
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | Gerald Kennedy’s book aims at bringing into view “the deformities that American literary nationalism tried to conceal” by “deconstructing the strangeness of nationalism itself and US cultural nation-building” (4, 11). By focusing on the period between the two great compromises of 1820 and 1850, the author illuminates the growing gap between nationalist illusions and sociohistorical realities. His juxtaposition of texts by little-known authors with writings of major writers, and his use of a ... |
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