This analysis of two hundred American and Canadian novels offers a new theory of national literatures, demonstrating that national canon formation occurs in tandem with nation-building. It accounts for cross-national differences and illuminates the historically constructed and symbolic nature of the relationship between literature and the nation-state. High-culture national literatures are selected as different from other novels; popular-culture bestsellers are mass market commodities for the largest, least differentiated audience.
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This analysis of two hundred American and Canadian novels offers a new theory of national literatures, demonstrating that national canon formation occurs in tandem with nation-building. It illuminates the historically constructed and symbolic nature of the relationship between literature and the nation-state.
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National literatures are an assumption of modern cultural landscapes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
national canon formation, important conjugal families, canonical novels, precanonical texts, literary prize winners, legitimated vision, national cultural repertoires, canon formation process, central love relationship, literary distinctiveness, rebellious protagonists, fiction jury, francophone nationalism, literary differences, canonical change, multiple protagonists, generic distribution, central tone, francophone population, distinctive literature, national uniqueness, national literatures, national canons, reflection perspective, restricted production Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, The Scarlet Letter, World War, Canada Council, Stephen King, French Canadians, Huck Finn, Statistics Canada, The Sun Also Rises, British Commonwealth, British Empire, Ekos Research Associates, French Canada, The Diviners, Department of Communications, Fifth Business, National Book Award, The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne, The Stone Angel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, North American, One Another's Arms, Pulitzer Prize, Shakespeare's Dog, Shoeless Joe New!
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national canon formation, important conjugal families, canonical novels, precanonical texts, literary prize winners, legitimated vision, national cultural repertoires, canon formation process, central love relationship, literary distinctiveness, rebellious protagonists, fiction jury, francophone nationalism, literary differences, canonical change, multiple protagonists, generic distribution, central tone, francophone population, distinctive literature, national uniqueness, national literatures, national canons, reflection perspective, restricted production Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, The Scarlet Letter, World War, Canada Council, Stephen King, French Canadians, Huck Finn, Statistics Canada, The Sun Also Rises, British Commonwealth, British Empire, Ekos Research Associates, French Canada, The Diviners, Department of Communications, Fifth Business, National Book Award, The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne, The Stone Angel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, North American, One Another's Arms, Pulitzer Prize, Shakespeare's Dog, Shoeless Joe New!
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- The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne on 7 pages
- Light in August (Modern Library) by William Faulkner on 5 pages
- Fruits of the Earth (New Canadian Library) by Frederick Philip Grove on 5 pages
- Great Gatsby (Everyman Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald on 5 pages
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald on 5 pages
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- Talk of Love: How Culture Matters by Ann Swidler in Back Matter
- Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms by Victoria Alexander in Back Matter
- Sealed with Blood: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America (Early American Studies) by Sarah J. Purcell in Back Matter
- Violence And the Female Imagination: Quebec's Women Writers Re-Frame Gender in North American Cultures by Paula Ruth Gilbert in Back Matter
- Making Multiculturalism: Boundaries and Meaning in U.S. English Departments by Bethany Bryson in Back Matter
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