For more than a decade, Americanists have been concerned with the problem of ideology, and have undertaken a broad reassessment of American literature and culture. This volume brings together some of the best work in this area.
For more than a decade, Americanists have been concerned with the problem of ideology, and have undertaken a broad reassessment of American literature and culture. This volume brings together some of the best work in this area.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: beyond transcendence Myra Jehlen Part I. Reassessments: 2. Symbol and idea in Virgin Land Henry Nash Smith 3. Pastoralism in America Leo Marx 4. Myth and the production of history Richard Slotkin 5. American criticism left and right Gerald Graff Part II. Perspectives: 6. The novel and the middle class in America Myra Jehlen 7. Figurations for a new American literary history Houston A. Baker, Jr. 8. American studies as a cultural program Alan Trachtenberg 9. Reification and American literature Carolyn Porter Part III. Texts: 10. Mysteries of the city: a reading of Poe's The Man of the Crowd Robert H. Byer 11. The politics of The Scarlet Letter Jonathan Arac 12. Sentimental power: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the politics of literary history Jane Tompkins 13. Walden and the 'curse of trade' Michael T. Gilmore Part IV. The Example of Melville: 14. Melville's economy of language Paul Royster 15. Art, religion, and the problem of authority in Pierre Emory Elliott 16. The hive of subtlety: 'Benito Cereno' and the liberal hero James H. Kavanagh 17. Melville and cultural persuasion Donald E. Pease 18. Afterword Sacvan Bercovitch Selected bibliography Index.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: beyond transcendence Myra Jehlen Part I. Reassessments: 2. Symbol and idea in Virgin Land Henry Nash Smith 3. Pastoralism in America Leo Marx 4. Myth and the production of history Richard Slotkin 5. American criticism left and right Gerald Graff Part II. Perspectives: 6. The novel and the middle class in America Myra Jehlen 7. Figurations for a new American literary history Houston A. Baker, Jr. 8. American studies as a cultural program Alan Trachtenberg 9. Reification and American literature Carolyn Porter Part III. Texts: 10. Mysteries of the city: a reading of Poe's The Man of the Crowd Robert H. Byer 11. The politics of The Scarlet Letter Jonathan Arac 12. Sentimental power: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the politics of literary history Jane Tompkins 13. Walden and the 'curse of trade' Michael T. Gilmore Part IV. The Example of Melville: 14. Melville's economy of language Paul Royster 15. Art, religion, and the problem of authority in Pierre Emory Elliott 16. The hive of subtlety: 'Benito Cereno' and the liberal hero James H. Kavanagh 17. Melville and cultural persuasion Donald E. Pease 18. Afterword Sacvan Bercovitch Selected bibliography Index.
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