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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John D Kerkering |
| ISBN: | 0521831148 9780521831147 |
| OCLC Number: | 51879740 |
| Description: | xiii, 351 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | I: The poetics of national identity -- 1. "We are five-and-forty": meter and national identity in Sir Walter Scott -- 2. "Our sacred union." "our beloved Apalachia": nation and genius loci in Hawthorne and Simms -- II: The poetics of racial identity -- 3. "Of me and of mine": the music of racial identity -- 4. "Blood will tell": literary effects and the diagnosis of racial instinct -- The conservation of identities. |
| Series Title: | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture, [139]. |
| Responsibility: | John D. Kerkering. |
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Abstract:
Examining the literary history of racial and national identity in nineteenth-century America, the author argues that writers such as DuBois, Hawthorne, and Whitman used poetic effect to emphasize the distinctiveness of certain groups against a diffuse social landscape.
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- Amerikaans.
- Nationalisme.
- Nationale identiteit.
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- Identité collective dans la littérature.
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