Why is English synonymous with literature in the United States? Bonfiglio contextualizes the rising hegemony of English within the anti-labor, anti-immigration, xenophobic, mercantile, militarist, and technocratic ideologies that arose in the US in the first half of twentieth century.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: T. BonfiglioEAN: 9781137379870COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 3256 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2013-09-10CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & TheoryWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
c 1500 onwards to present day, Literary theory
"Why is English Literature? opens a fresh perspective on current discussions of globalization and transnationalism that will enliven literary studies in English and American literature departments." - John Michael, University of Rochester, USA
Thomas Paul Bonfiglio is a Professor of Comparative Literature and Linguistics in The Department of Modern Literatures and Cultures at The University of Richmond, USA.
Why is English synonymous with literature in the United States? Bonfiglio contextualizes the rising hegemony of English within the anti-labor, anti-immigration, xenophobic, mercantile, militarist, and technocratic ideologies that arose in the US in the first half of twentieth century.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: T. BonfiglioEAN: 9781137379870COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 3256 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2013-09-10CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & TheoryWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Thomas Paul Bonfiglio is a Professor of Comparative Literature and Linguistics in The Department of Modern Literatures and Cultures at The University of Richmond, USA.
