American Literature in Transition, 1876–1910
-
Select format
-
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 24 August 2022
- 18 August 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781108763714
- 9781108477505
- Dimensions:
- (229 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.74kg, 381 Pages
- Dimensions:
- Weight & Pages:
You may already have access via personal or institutional login- Subjects:
- Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies
Volume 4
Show more authors 
You may already have access via personal or institutional login
Book description
Addressing US literature from 1876 to 1910, this volume aims to account for the period's immense transformations while troubling the ideology of progress that underwrote much of its self-understanding. This volume queries the various forms and formations of post-Reconstruction American literature. It contends that the literature of this period, most often referred to as 'turn-of-the-century' might be more productively oriented by the end of Reconstruction and the haunting aftermath of its emancipatory potential than by the logic of temporal and social advance that underwrote the end of the century and the beginning of the Progressive Era. Acknowledging that nearly all US literature after 1876 might be described as post-Reconstruction, the volume invites readers to reframe this period by asking: under what terms did post-Reconstruction American literature challenge or re-consolidate the 'nation' as an affective, political, and discursive phenomenon? And what kind of alternative pasts and futures did it write into existence?
Reviews
‘… [the volume] expertly presents a series of richly critical narratives that illuminate both the period’s many unique cultural features and their ongoing, equally positive and negative relevance.’
Nicolas S. Witschi Source: American Literary Realism
Contents
Contents
Metrics
Altmetric attention score
Full text views
Full text views helpTotal number of HTML views: 0
Total number of PDF views: 0 *
Loading metrics...
* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.
Usage data cannot currently be displayed.
Accessibility standard: Unknown
Why this information is here
This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.
Accessibility Information
Accessibility compliance for the HTML of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.