View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction.
American Literary Studies: A Methodological Reader gathers
together leading scholars of American literature to address the
questions of methodology that have invigorated and divided their
field: the rise of interdisciplinarity and the wealth of
theoretical methods now available to the critic of American
literature. Their engagement with these issues takes a unique form
in this book: Each scholar has chosen a methodologically innovative
essay, which he or she then introduces, explaining why it is both
exemplary in its approach and central to the issues that most
engage American literary scholarship today. The book includes both
an introduction to the controversial interdisciplinary methods that
have made American literary studies such a vibrant field, as well
as groundbreaking scholarship on topics as diverse as James
Fenimore Cooper, minstrel songs, and Lakota Indian stories.
This volume has been designed to serve as a starting point for
teachers and students to explore the fundamental questions of
American literary scholarship: What does "method" mean in literary
studies? Which texts should it study? What makes literary study
unique? What should literary scholarship do? American Literary
Studies argues that these questions can only be answered through a
discussion of the interdisciplinary methods currently in use by
scholars today. Finally, an original introduction by Michael A.
Elliott and Claudia Stokes explains why questions of method are
crucial to American literary studies and how past scholars of
American literature have tried to answer them.
Contributors include: Lauren Berlant, Russ Castronovo, Wai Chee
Dimock, AnnduCille, Michael A. Elliott, Frances Smith Foster,
Elaine A. Jahner, Rob Kroes, Arnold Krupat, Paul Lauter, Marilee
Lindemann, W. T. Lhamon, Jr., Christopher J. Looby, David
Palumbo-Liu, Roy Harvey Pearce, Lora Romero, RamA3n SaldA-var,
Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, Werner Sollors, Claudia Stokes, Claudia
Tate, Paula A. Treichler, Priscilla Wald, Michael Warner, Laura
Wexler, Sau-ling C. Wong
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
