Subjects and Citizens
Subjects and Citizens1995
About this book
Summary:Focusing on intersecting issues of nation, race, and gender, this volume inaugurates new models for American literary and cultural history. Subjects and Citizens reveals the many ways in which a wide range of canonical and non-canonical writing contends with the most crucial social, political, and literary issues of our past and present. Defining the landscape of the New American literary history, these essays are united by three interrelated concerns: ideas of origin (where does ""American literature"" begin?), ideas of nation (what does ""American literature"" mean?), and idea
Details
- First published
- 1995
- OL Work ID
- OL2721944W
Subjects
Politics and literatureTheoryEthnic relations in literatureLiterature and societyAmerican literatureHistory and criticismSex role in literatureAmerican AuthorsPolitical and social viewsRace relations in literatureHistoryGender identity in literatureNational characteristics, American, in literature18.06 Anglo-American literatureEthnische BeziehungenGeschlechterverhältnisLiteraturNationalbewusstsein