literature, politics, and the making of Americanists /
First Statement of Responsibility
Randall Fuller.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 194 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"In this innovative study, Randall Fuller examines the way influential twentieth-century critics have understood and deployed Emerson as part of their own larger projects aimed at reconceiving America. He examines previously unpublished material and original research on Van Wyck Brooks, Perry Miller. F.O. Matthiessen, and Sacvan Bercovitch along with other supporting thinkers. Emerging from this research is not only the first in-depth account of Emerson's cultural construction but also a deeply engaging institutional history of American literary studies in the twentieth century." "A work of American literary history, Emerson's Ghosts is also a study of how a scholar's individual perspective and prevailing cultural conditions can merge and impel the critic to redirect the course of a present moment - often experienced as disappointing and unfulfilled - toward a desired future. When an engaged but theoretical mind meets with an impassive history, some of our most imaginative and brilliant critics have responded, often and suggestively, by turning toward Emerson. Fuller speculates about why - why that turn - and considers what it has meant for those who follow. His answers provide compelling reading for anyone interested in the convergent forces that have carved the panorama of American cultural history."--Jacket.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Emerson's ghosts.
Title
Emerson's ghosts.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Literature, politics, and the making of Americanists
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882-- Criticism and interpretation-- History.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882-- Influence.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, (1803-1882)-- Critique et interprétation.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,1803-1882.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
Criticism-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Politics and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Criticism.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literaturkritik
Littérature américaine-- Histoire et critique.
Politics and literature.
Politique et littérature-- États-Unis-- 20e siècle.