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Rough Writing: Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt's America (Nation of Newcomers)
Aviva F. Taubenfeld
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Description for Rough Writing: Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt's America (Nation of Newcomers)
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As the United States struggled to absorb a massive influx of ethnically diverse immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century, the question of who and what an American is took on urgent intensity. It seemed more critical than ever to establish a definition by which Americanness could be established, transmitted, maintained, and judged. Americans of all stripes sought to articulate and enforce their visions of the nation’s past, present, and future; central to these attempts was President Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt fully recognized the narrative component of American identity, and he called upon authors of diverse European backgrounds including ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814782910
SKU
9780814782910
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About Aviva F. Taubenfeld
Aviva F. Taubenfeld is Assistant Professor of Literature at Purchase College, State University of New York.
Reviews for Rough Writing: Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt's America (Nation of Newcomers)
Rough Writing is much more than a fascinating account of the little-known relationship between an American president and the immigrant authors whose work he promoted in the service of a new national narrative. Meticulously researched and lucidly written, Rough Writing enables us to see a vital period in American literature through new eyes.
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