Writers in retrospect : the rise of American literary history, 1875-1910 / Claudia Stokes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Claudia, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

American literature.

Criticism--United States--History--19th century.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting an analysis of the American literary history, this work offers important insights into the practices, beliefs, and values that shaped the discipline. It reveals the forces, both inside and outside the academy, that propelled the rise of American literary history and persist as influences on the work of practitioners of the field.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: The Lay of the Land: Nation and the Responsibilities of Literary History; 1 A Culture of Retrospection: The Rise of Literary History in the Late Nineteenth Century; 2 Preservation and Assimilation: Brander Matthews and the Silences of Literary History; PART II: Class, Authority, and Literary History; 3 Copyrighting American History: International Copyright and the Periodization of the Nineteenth Century; 4 A Higher Function: Literary History and the Advent of Professionalism; 5 Rancor's Remains: Barrett Wendell and the New England Renaissance

Epilogue: Relevance and Its DiscontentsNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-224) and index.

ISBN:

9798890880307

9780807877500

0807877506

OCLC:

476268769