No Place in Time: The Hebraic Myth in Late-Nineteenth-Century American Literature 9780814345832, 0814345832

The Myth of Emptiness and the New American Literature of Place [1 ed.] 160938279X, 9781609382797

From the moment the first English-speaking explorers and settlers arrived on the North American continent, many have des

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Time and Festivity: Essays on Myth and Literature 1803091347, 9781803091341

One of the foremost thinkers of his generation, Furio Jesi began to publish scholarly essays in academic journals at the

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Children’s Literature in Place 9781032409498, 9781032409511, 9781003355502

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Time No Longer: Americans After the American Century 9780300195293

Americans cherish their national myths, some of which predate the country’s founding. But the time for illusions, nostal

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The Confidence Game in American Literature 9781400871643

Drawing on modern studies of rhetoric and the concept of the Trickster, the author examines Herman Melville, Mark Twain,

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Archives of American Time: Literature and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century 9780812203530

In a bold revision of traditional historical narratives, Pratt analyzes nineteenth-century American literature to disclo

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Frontier in American Literature 9781400872206

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper; Chapter 2: Nathaniel Hawthor

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Attachment, Place, and Otherness in Nineteenth-Century American Literature: New Materialist Representations 9781317203193, 9781138673267, 9781315562056

This interdisciplinary study examines the role interpersonal and place attachment bonds play in crafting a national iden

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Attachment, Place, and Otherness in Nineteenth-Century American Literature: New Materialist Representations 9781138673267, 9781315562056

This interdisciplinary study examines the role interpersonal and place attachment bonds play in crafting a national iden

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Down in the Dumps: Place, Modernity, American Depression 9780822390336

A cultural studies account of America during the 1930s as seen through Key West, Harlem, Hollywood, and Reno.

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