Bibliograph

Nationalism and literature, the politics of culture in Canada and the United States, Sarah M. Corse

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Nationalism and literature, the politics of culture in Canada and the United States, Sarah M. Corse

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nationalism and literature

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

726823614

Responsibility statement

Sarah M. Corse

Series statement

Cambridge cultural social studiesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

the politics of culture in Canada and the United States

Summary

Sarah Corse's analysis of nearly two hundred American and Canadian novels offers a theory of national literatures. Demonstrating that national canon formation occurs in tandem with nation-building, and that canonical novels play a symbolic role in this, this 1996 book accounts for cross-national literary differences, addresses issues of mediation and representation in theories of 'reflection', and illuminates the historically constructed nature of the relationship between literature and the nation-state.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction: cultural fields and literary use 2. Nation-building and the historical timing of a national literature in the United States 3. Nation-building and the historical timing of a national literature in Candada 4. The canonical novels: the politics of cultural nationalism: the literary prize-winners: revision and renewal 6. The bestsellers: the economics of publishing and the convergence of popular taste 7. Literarymeaning and cultural use. Appendices

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Nationalism & Literature

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