Timelines of American Literature
- ISBN-10
- 1421427133
- ISBN-13
- 9781421427133
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-01-29
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Authors
- Cody Marrs, Christopher Hager
Description
What is our definition of "modernismif we imagine it stretching from 1865 to 1965 instead of 1890 to 1945? How does the captivity narrative change when we consider it as a contemporary, not just a "colonial,genre? What does the course of American literature look like set against the backdrop of federal denials of Native sovereignty or housing policies that exacerbated segregation? Filled with challenges to scholars, inspirations for teachers (anchored by an appendix of syllabi), and entry points for students, Timelines of American Literature gathers some of the most exciting new work in the field to showcase the revelatory potential of fresh thinking about how we organize the literary past.
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