Creating American Civilization: A Genealogy of American Literature as an Academic Discipline (American Culture) [Hardcover]

David R. Shumway (Author)

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Hardcover: 456 pages
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press (April 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816621888
ISBN-13: 978-0816621880
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,716,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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preprofessional history, liberal culturists, oriented anthologies, left criticism, literary radicals, schoolroom poets, disciplinary object, cooperative history

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New England, New York Intellectuals, New Critical, New Criticism, American Studies, The Triumph of the Aesthetic, Cambridge History, New Critics, American Renaissance, World War, Partisan Review, American Quarterly, Main Currents, United States, New Humanists, Discursive Practice, New Humanism, Mark Twain, Civil War, Cold War, Communist Party, Henry James, Virgin Land, Popular Front, Richard Chase

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14 books cite this book:

Modern Love: Romance, Intimacy, and the Marriage Crisis by David Shumway in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Modern Love: Romance, Intimacy, and the Marriage Crisis by David Shumway in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Skeletons in Postmodern Closets: A Cultural Studies Alternative (Knowledge : Disciplinarity and Beyond) by James J. Sosnoski in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Kiddie Lit: The Cultural Construction of Children's Literature in America by Professor Beverly Lyon Clark in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism by David A. Hollinger in Back Matter

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