عنوان

Parables of possibility :

شابک

0231070500

شابک

9780231070508

شماره

b780043

عنوان اصلي

Parables of possibility :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the American need for beginnings /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Terence Martin.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Columbia University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©1995.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 263 pages ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-247) and index.

متن يادداشت

Fixing a beginning -- Beginning by negation -- The negative character in American fiction -- Telling the world over again: the radical dimension of American fiction -- Inexhaustible beginnings -- The politics of inexhaustibility.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

Exploring genres ranging from histories to fiction and poetry, Parables of Possibility looks at the negative conception of the emerging nation, one with no kings, no castles, and no aristocracy. The function of this negativity, Martin suggests, was to wipe clean the slate of European history and thereby establish the conditions for a national identity. Writers and orators in the first years of America's independence recited in glowing negatives the European foibles absent from the American scene. This notion of a clean slate, a negation of earlier experience and a presentation of the notion of unlimited possibility, took vital form in the writings of Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Later, in the works of Cooper, Cather, and Faulkner, Martin argues that the theme of recapturing beginnings became evident. Parables of Possibility traces the American fascination with beginnings, and argues that this long chapter in our history is challenged as never before in the late twentieth century, when conventional formulas no longer seem viable. Skillfully weaving together the products of "high" culture with more popular forms, the canonical with the contemporary, Terence Martin sheds new light on the crisis of meaning in contemporary American culture. As much cultural history as enlightened literary criticism, Parables of Possibility will appeal to readers with a broad range of interdisciplinary interests. Martin's lucid, lively style makes Parables of Possibility accessible to readers both inside and outside academia.

موضوع مستند نشده

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

موضوع مستند نشده

National characteristics, American, in literature.

موضوع مستند نشده

Openings (Rhetoric)

موضوع مستند نشده

Politics and literature-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Américains-- Dans la littérature.

موضوع مستند نشده

Civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

Literatur

موضوع مستند نشده

Littérature américaine-- Histoire et critique.

موضوع مستند نشده

National characteristics, American, in literature.

موضوع مستند نشده

Nationalcharakter

موضوع مستند نشده

Openings (Rhetoric)

موضوع مستند نشده

Politics and literature.

موضوع مستند نشده

Politik

موضوع مستند نشده

Politique et littérature-- États-Unis-- Histoire.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Civilization.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

USA

موضوع مستند نشده

USA.

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0

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4

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7

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7

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7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

کد سيستم

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Martin, Terence.

تاريخ عمليات

20201206190155.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y