The usefulness of time and place as defining categories would seem
to be baked into the very notion of nineteenth-century American
literary studies, yet they have challenged scholars practically
since the field's inception. In Neither the Time nor the Place
seventeen critics consider how the space-time dyad has both
troubled and invigorated Americanist scholarship in recent decades
and make explicit how time and place are best considered in tandem,
interrogating each other. Taken together, the essays challenge
depictions of place and time as bounded and linear, fixed and
teleological, or mere ideological constructions. They address both
familiar and unexpected objects, practices, and texts, including a
born-digital Melville, documents from the construction of the
Panama Canal, the hollow earth, the desiring body, textual editing,
marble statuary, the sound of frogs, spirit photography, and
twentieth-century Civil War fiction. The essays draw on an equally
wide variety of critical methodologies, integrating affect studies,
queer theory, book history, information studies, sound studies,
environmental humanities, new media studies, and genre theory to
explore the unexpected dimensions that emerge when time and place
are taken as a unit. The pieces are organized around considerations
of citizenship, environment, historiography, media, and
bodies—five political, cultural, and/or methodological foci for
some of the most provocative new work being done in American
literary studies. Neither the Time nor the Place is a book not only
for scholars and students already well grounded in the study of
nineteenth-century American literature and culture, but for anyone,
scholar or student, looking for a roadmap to some of the most
vibrant work in the field. Contributors: Wai Chee Dimock, Stephanie
Foote, Matthew Pratt Guterl, Coleman Hutchison, Rodrigo Lazo,
Caroline Levander, Robert S. Levine, Christopher Looby, Dana
Luciano, Timothy Marr, Dana D. Nelson, Ifeoma C. Kiddoe Nwankwo,
Mark Storey, Matthew E. Suazo, and Edward Sugden.
General
Imprint: |
University of PennsylvaniaPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2022 |
First published: |
2022 |
Editors: |
Christopher Castiglia
• Susan Gillman
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8122-2511-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8122-2511-2 |
Barcode: |
9780812225112 |
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