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Rough Writing : Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt’s America / Aviva F. Taubenfeld.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taubenfeld, Aviva F.
- Series:
- Nation of Newcomers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Literary art.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Political and social views.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Influence.
- Immigrants--United States--Intellectual life.
- Immigrants.
- American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--History and criticism.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Ethnicity in literature.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History.
- Rhetoric.
- United States--Intellectual life--1865-1918.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : New York University Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As the United States struggled to absorb a massive influx of ethnically diverse immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century, the question of who and what an American is took on urgent intensity. It seemed more critical than ever to establish a definition by which Americanness could be established, transmitted, maintained, and judged. Americans of all stripes sought to articulate and enforce their visions of the nation's past, present, and future; central to these attempts was President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt fully recognized the narrative component of American identity, and he calle
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mendel's Melting Pot:Israel Zangwill and theScience of the Crucible; 2. Two Flags to Love: JacobRiis and the TransnationalAmerican at the Turn of theTwentieth Century; 3. Making American Homesand America Home: TheodoreRoosevelt and Elizabeth Sternin the Pages of the Ladies'Home Journal; 4. "Threatin' Him as a Akel":Finley Peter Dunne's EthnicCritique of "True Americanism"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8147-8336-8
- OCLC:
- 779828301
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