The search for a method in American studies / by Cecil F. Tate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tate, Cecil F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Study and teaching.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Search for a Method in American Studies was first published in 1973. Among scholars in the field of American Studies there has been intensive discussion for some years over the possibility of developing a systematic interdisciplinary method for the study of American culture. Professor Tate contributes significantly to the development of such a method by presenting a summary view or platform from which to survey the assumptions and achievements of American Studies.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PROLOGUE: AMERICAN STUDIES AND THE PROBLEM OF METHOD; I. HOLISM AND MYTH IN AMERICAN STUDIES; II. THE POET AS A CULTURE HERO: PEARCE'S THE CONTINUITY OF AMERICAN POETRY; III. AMERICA'S CULTURAL HOME: SMITH'S VIRGIN LAND; IV. THE WARRIOR-POLITICIAN AS CULTURAL HERO: WARD'S ANDREW JACKSON, SYMBOL FOR AN AGE; V. CULTURE AND THE DRAMATIC DIALOGUE: LEWIS'S THE AMERICAN ADAM; VI. THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS OF ORGANIC HOLISM; VII. AMERICAN STUDIES AS A DISCIPLINE; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5508-1

OCLC:

182732594