Nationalism and literature : the politics of culture in Canada and the United States / Sarah M. Cors...
Nationalism and literature : the politics of culture in Canada and the United States / Sarah M. Cors...
Nationalism and literature : the politics of culture in Canada and the United States / Sarah M. Corse.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N810.9971/6
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English
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xii, 213 p. ; 24 cm.
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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 Canada -- 4. The canonical novels: the politics of cultural nationalism -- 5. Th...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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New York (State)
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1997.
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Sarah Corse's analysis of nearly two hundred American and Canadian novels offers a new 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, Sarah Corse accounts for cross-national literary differences, addresses issues of mediation...
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Nationalism and literature : the politics of culture in Canada and the United States / Sarah M. Corse.
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Cambridge cultural social studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-203) and index.
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N810.9971/6
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0521579120 (pbk.)
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810.9971
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