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The global remapping of American literature [electronic resource] / Paul Giles.

By: Giles, Paul.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010Description: xi, 325 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): American literature -- History and criticism | Geography in literature | Boundaries in literature | Space in literature | Regionalism in literature | National characteristics, American, in literature | United States -- In literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 810.9/32 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literature -- Part one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of modernism: geography as allegory; suburb, network, homeland: national space and the rhetoric of broadcasting -- Part three: Spatial longitudes. Hemispheric parallax: South America and the American South; metaregionalism: the global pacific northwest -- Conclusion: American literature and the question of circumference.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the deterritorialization of American literature -- Part one: Temporal latitudes. Augustan American literature: an aesthetics of extravagance; medieval American literature: antebellum narratives and the "map of the infinite" -- Part two: The boundaries of the nation. The arcs of modernism: geography as allegory; suburb, network, homeland: national space and the rhetoric of broadcasting -- Part three: Spatial longitudes. Hemispheric parallax: South America and the American South; metaregionalism: the global pacific northwest -- Conclusion: American literature and the question of circumference.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.