A Mirror for Americanists: Reflections on the Idea of American Literature - Softcover

Spengemann, William C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874514835 ISBN 13: 9780874514834

Publisher: Univ Pr of New England, 1989

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From Library Journal:

Spengemann argues for broadening the categories that he believes trammel scholarship in America. He proposes that "America" should instead signify "everything having to do with the civilization in the New World since the European discovery" (including writing not in English produced in areas not now part of the United States) while "literature" should encompass "every written document that will respond to literary analysis." He further argues for greater attention to the continuity of British and American literature through the 19th and 20th centuries as more illuminating than searching for delusory "Americanness." Though repetitive and tending toward polemic, these essays make valuable points; of greatest interest to academics.
- Richard Kuczkowski, Dominican Coll., Blauvelt, N.Y.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of New England
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0874514835
• ISBN 13: 9780874514834
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 191