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Readings at the Edge of Literature
Myra Jehlen
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Description for Readings at the Edge of Literature
Paperback. Myra Jehlen's aim in these essays is to read for what she calls the edge of literature: the point at which writing seems unable to say more, which is also, for Jehlen, the threshold of the real. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Myra Jehlen's aim in these essays is to read for what she calls the edge of literature: the point at which writing seems unable to say more, which is also, for Jehlen, the threshold of the real. It is here, she argues, that the central paradoxes of the American project become clear - self-reliance and responsibility, universal equality and the pursuit of empire, writing from the heart and representing shared values and ideas. Developing these paradoxes to their utmost tension, American writers often produce penetrating critiques of American society without puncturing its basic myths. For instance, Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson ... Read more
Myra Jehlen's aim in these essays is to read for what she calls the edge of literature: the point at which writing seems unable to say more, which is also, for Jehlen, the threshold of the real. It is here, she argues, that the central paradoxes of the American project become clear - self-reliance and responsibility, universal equality and the pursuit of empire, writing from the heart and representing shared values and ideas. Developing these paradoxes to their utmost tension, American writers often produce penetrating critiques of American society without puncturing its basic myths. For instance, Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226396019
SKU
V9780226396019
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About Myra Jehlen
Myra Jehlen is Board of Governors Professor of Literature at Rutgers University. She is the author, most recently, of American Incarnation: The Individual, the Nation, and the Continent and coeditor of The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800.
Reviews for Readings at the Edge of Literature
"Readings at the Edge of Literature explores the contradictions that emerge whenever the ideal called America tries to identify itself in our literature. This collection is alert and alive, full of intellectual energy, stunning perceptions, and analytical brilliance." - Richard Poirier, author of Trying It Out in America: Literary and Other Performances