Publication

1994 - Duke University Press

Language

English

Word Count

87,750 words, Guess

Page Count

351 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780822382645
  • ISBN-100822382644
  • Better World Books9780822382645
  • Open LibraryOL29605229M

Classifications

  • LCCPS201

Description

Summary:Throughout the era of the Cold War a consensus reigned as to what constituted the great works of American literature. Yet as scholars have increasingly shown, and as this volume unmistakably demonstrates, that consensus was built upon the repression of the voices and historical contexts of subordinated social groups as well as literary works themselves, works both outside and within the traditional canon. This book is an effort to recover those lost voices. Engaging New Historicist, neo-Marxist, poststructuralist, and other literary practices, this volume marks important shifts in the organiz

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