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Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation
Ben Railton
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Description for Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation
Series: Studies in American Literary Realism & Naturalism (Paperback). Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Benjamin Railton proposes that in the years after Reconstruction, America’s identity was often contested through distinct and competing conceptions of the nation’s history. He argues that the United States moved toward unifying and univocal historical narratives in the years between the Centennial and Columbian Expositions, that ongoing social conflict provided sites for complications of those narratives, and that works of historical literature offer some of the most revealing glimpses into the nature of those competing visions.
Gilded Age scholarship often connects the period to the 20thcentury American future, but Railton ... Read more
In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Benjamin Railton proposes that in the years after Reconstruction, America’s identity was often contested through distinct and competing conceptions of the nation’s history. He argues that the United States moved toward unifying and univocal historical narratives in the years between the Centennial and Columbian Expositions, that ongoing social conflict provided sites for complications of those narratives, and that works of historical literature offer some of the most revealing glimpses into the nature of those competing visions.
Gilded Age scholarship often connects the period to the 20thcentury American future, but Railton ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Studies in American Literary Realism & Naturalism (Paperback)
Number of Pages
328
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817357924
SKU
V9780817357924
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About Ben Railton
Ben Railton is Assistant Professor of American and Ethnic Literature at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts.
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