Voicing America (Paperback, New edition)

How is a nation brought into being? In a detailed examination of crucial texts of eighteenth-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material informs and animates theoretical texts by Derrida, Lacan, and others as Looby unravels the texts of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hugh Henry Brackenridge and connects them to nation-building, political discourse, and self-creation. Correcting the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture in eighteenth-century America, "Voicing America" uncovers the complex process of early American writers articulating their new nation and reveals a body of literature and a political discourse thoroughly concerned with the power of vocal language.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Christopher Looby
Dimensions:	215 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	295
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-49283-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
LSN:	0-226-49283-4
Barcode:	9780226492834

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