American literary studies has undergone a series of field
redefinitions over the past two decades that have been consistently
described as "turns," whether transnational, hemispheric,
postnational, spatial, temporal, postsecular, aesthetic, or
affective. In Turns of Event, Hester Blum and a splendid roster of
contributors explore the conditions that have produced such
movements. Offering an overview of the state of the study of
nineteenth-century American literature, Blum contends that the
field's propensity to turn, to reinvent itself constantly without
dissolution, is one of its greatest strengths. The essays in the
volume's first half, "Provocations," trace the theoretical and
methodological development and institutional emergence of certain
turns, as well as providing calls to arms. The geopolitically
oriented turns toward the transnational, hemispheric, and oceanic
(whether Atlantic, Caribbean, Pacific, or archipelagic in focus)
have held a certain prevalence in American studies in recent years,
and the second half of this volume presents a series of scholarly
essays that exemplify these subfields. Taken together, these essays
survey the field of American literary studies as it moves beyond
new historicism as its primary methodology and evolves in light of
ideological, conceptual, and material considerations. There is much
at stake in these movements: the consequences and opportunities
range from citational and evidentiary practices to canon expansion,
resource allocation, and institutional futurity. Contributors:
Monique Allewaert, Ralph Bauer, Hester Blum, Martin Bruckner,
Michelle Burnham, Christopher Castiglia, Sean X. Goudie, Meredith
L. McGill, Geoffrey Sanborn.
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