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  1. The origins of American literature studies
    an institutional history
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Although American literature is a standard subject in the American college curriculum, a century ago few people thought it should be taught there. Elizabeth Renker uncovers the complex historical process through which American literature overcame its... more

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    Although American literature is a standard subject in the American college curriculum, a century ago few people thought it should be taught there. Elizabeth Renker uncovers the complex historical process through which American literature overcame its image of aesthetic and historical inferiority to become an important field for academic study and research. Renker's extensive original archival research focuses on four institutions of higher education serving distinct regional, class, race and gender populations. She argues that American literature's inferior image arose from its affiliation with non-elite schools, teachers and students, and that it had to overcome this social identity in order to achieve status as serious knowledge. Renker's revisionary analysis is an important contribution to the intellectual history of the United States and will be of interest to anyone studying, teaching or researching American literature

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511485626
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    Series: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 154
    Subjects: Literature and society; Criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Canon (Literature); American literature; American literature; American literature ; Study and teaching ; United States ; History; American literature ; History and criticism ; Theory, etc; Literature and society ; United States ; History; Criticism ; United States ; History; National characteristics, American, in literature; Canon (Literature); United States ; Intellectual life
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  2. Creating American civilization
    a genealogy of American literature as an academic discipline
    Published: c1994
    Publisher:  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis

    David R. Shumway contends that American literature is the product of study - the deliberate invention of a discipline seeking to define the character and legitimate the existence of a specifically American civilization. He traces the various... more

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    David R. Shumway contends that American literature is the product of study - the deliberate invention of a discipline seeking to define the character and legitimate the existence of a specifically American civilization. He traces the various reconstitutions of American literature by examining the discipline's practices and techniques, discourses and structures, paradigms and unstated assumptions.This genealogy begins around 1890, when American literature as defined by institutions outside the academy, such as magazines and publishing houses, acquired much of the ideology it would display in la

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0816621888; 0816621896; 9780816621897
    Series: American culture ; v. 11
    Subjects: Canon (Literature); American literature; American literature; American literature ; History and criticism ; Theory, etc; American literature ; Study and teaching ; United States ; History; Canon (Literature); United States ; Civilization ; Study and teaching; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xiii, 407 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-389) and index

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    Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The History of a Discipline; Part I. Beginnings; 1. The Literary in America, 1890-1920; 2. Preprofessional History and Criticism; 3. English as a Discursive Practice; Part II. Institutionalization; 4. American Literature as a Discipline: Constituting the Object; 5. Institutionalizing American Literature; 6. American Literature in the Curriculum; Part III. Creating American Civilization; 7. The Triumph of the Aesthetic; 8. Left Criticism and the New York Intellectuals; 9. Civilization ""Discovered""; Epilogue: A Trailer; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F

    GH; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

  3. The origins of American literature studies
    an institutional history
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Although American literature is a standard subject in the American college curriculum, a century ago few people thought it should be taught there. Elizabeth Renker uncovers the complex historical process through which American literature overcame its... more

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    Although American literature is a standard subject in the American college curriculum, a century ago few people thought it should be taught there. Elizabeth Renker uncovers the complex historical process through which American literature overcame its image of aesthetic and historical inferiority to become an important field for academic study and research. Renker's extensive original archival research focuses on four institutions of higher education serving distinct regional, class, race and gender populations. She argues that American literature's inferior image arose from its affiliation with non-elite schools, teachers and students, and that it had to overcome this social identity in order to achieve status as serious knowledge. Renker's revisionary analysis is an important contribution to the intellectual history of the United States and will be of interest to anyone studying, teaching or researching American literature

     

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    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511485626
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: HD 260 ; HR 1080
    Series: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 154
    Subjects: Literature and society; Criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Canon (Literature); American literature; American literature; American literature ; Study and teaching ; United States ; History; American literature ; History and criticism ; Theory, etc; Literature and society ; United States ; History; Criticism ; United States ; History; National characteristics, American, in literature; Canon (Literature); United States ; Intellectual life
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 219 pages), digital, PDF file(s)
    Notes:

    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)