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Edition

1st ed.

Description

1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index.

Summary

The concept of "American" literature is not the exclusive province of any one nation. Thanks to the historical circumstances that governed the European conquest and settlement of the Americas, we can and should approach the writings of English and French Canada, the United States, Spanish America, and Brazil as a cohesive group of American literature, worthy of study without constant reference to European texts. Now, Rediscovering the New World makes a timely addition to this expanding field on Inter-American scholarship that should help lead tothe formation of a new canon. Th.

Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Pre-Columbian Era; 2. The Narratives of Discovery and Conquest; 3. The New World Epic; 4. The Theme of Miscegenation; 5. Refining the New World Novel: Henry James and Machado de Assis; 6. The Five (Six?) Faces of American Modernism; 7. In Quest of an American Identity; 8. Regionalism as a Shaping Force; 9. Solitude: The Evolution of an American Literary Motif; 10. The Conflict between Civilization and Barbarism; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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Print version record.

Subject

America -- Literatures -- History and criticism.

Latin American literature -- History and criticism.

Comparative literature.

TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.

LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.

Comparative literature.

Latin American literature.

Literature.

America.

Literatur.

Geschichte.

Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft.

Amerika.

Lateinamerika.

Nordamerika.

United States.

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Form:

Print version: Fitz, Earl E. Rediscovering the New World. 1st ed. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1991 087745311X (DLC) 90020995 (OCoLC)22707347

ISBN

1587290642 (electronic bk.)

9781587290640 (electronic bk.)