Poetics of national and racial identity in nineteenth-century american literature, the
Auteur :
Kerkering, John D.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521120968
Date de publication :
27 août 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
540 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examining the literary history of racial and national identity in nineteenth-century America, Kerkering tells the story of how poetry helped define America as a nation before helping to define America into distinct racial categories. Through formal literary effects, national and racial identities become related elements of a single literary history.