Transnationalism in practice : essays on American studies, literature and religion / Paul Giles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giles, Paul, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures.

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 324 p.) : 1 ill.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Bringing together a collection of 14 essays in the fields of American studies, literature and religion written between 1994 and 2009 by the UK's leading critic in this area, this volume addresses many of the key issues in transatlantic literary studies and transnationalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BOOKS BY PAUL GILES

INTRODUCTION: THE EVOLUTION OF CRITICAL TRANSNATIONALISM

PART I AMERICAN STUDIES

CHAPTER 1 RECONSTRUCTING AMERICAN STUDIES: TRANSNATIONAL PARADOXES, COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

CHAPTER 2 TRANSNATIONALISM IN PRACTICE

CHAPTER 3 POST- LIBERALISM: GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF AMERICAN STUDIES

CHAPTER 4 E PLURIBUS MULTITUDINUM: THE NEW WORLD OF JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN AMERICAN STUDIES

CHAPTER 5 HISTORICIZING THE TRANSNATIONAL: ROBERT COOVER, KATHY ACKER AND THE REWRITING OF BRITISH CULTURAL HISTORY, 1970–1997

PART II LITERATURE

CHAPTER 6 F. O. MATTHIESSEN: COMPARATIVE CRITICISM AND THE RHETORIC OF VIOLENCE

CHAPTER 7 HENRY JAMES ATHWART: DETERRITORIALIZATION IN THE SACRED FOUNT

CHAPTER 8 “THE MAGNET ATTRACTING”: DREISER’S LITERARY STYLE

CHAPTER 9 THE LITERARY CULTURE OF COLONIAL AMERICA: THEOLOGY AND AESTHETICS

CHAPTER 10 THE ABJECTION OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: JAMAICA KINCAID AND THE GHOSTS OF POSTCOLONIALISM

PART III RELIGION

CHAPTER 11 CATHOLIC IDEOLOGY AND AMERICAN SLAVE NARRATIVES

CHAPTER 12 THE INTERTEXTUAL POLITICS OF CULTURAL CATHOLICISM: TIEPOLO, MADONNA, SCORSESE

CHAPTER 13 “LIKE A BLACK BELL”: HENRY CARLILE AND THE NEGATIVE THEOLOGY OF PLACE

CHAPTER 14 THE SPRINGSTEEN AFFECT: RELIGION IN AMERICAN STUDIES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6848-9

0-7486-5212-4

0-7486-8642-8

0-7486-7980-4

OCLC:

1302164364