Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States - Couverture rigide

Looby, Christopher

 
9780226492827: Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States
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ISBN 10 : 0226492826 ISBN 13 : 9780226492827
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1996

Synopsis

How is a nation brought into being? In a detailed examination of texts of 18th-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material informs and animates theoretical texts by Derrida, Lacan and others as Looby unravels the texts of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown and Hugh Henry Brackenridge and connects them to nation-building, political discourse and self-creation. Correcting the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture in 18th-century America, this study uncovers the complex process of early American writers articulating their new nation and reveals a body of literature and a political discourse thoroughly concerned with the power of vocal language.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226492826
ISBN 13 
9780226492827
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780226492834: Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States

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ISBN 10 :  0226492834 ISBN 13 :  9780226492834
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1998
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