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Sons and Daughters of Self-Made Men
Mary Paniccia Carden
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Description for Sons and Daughters of Self-Made Men
Hardback. Num Pages: 255 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 513.
At a moment in which America seems simultaneously more closed and more open to change than ever before, Sons and Daughters of Self-Made Men: Improvising Gender, Place, Nation in American Literature re-examines a defining national discourse. Exploring the dilemmas of U.S. subjects positioned as inheritors—and thus as children—of the archetypal self-made Founder/Father, the author offers a critical re-evaluation of the trope of self-making as it is expressed in modern and contemporary American literature. She views "self-making" as a mode of simultaneous constriction and possibility, where the compulsion to perform to the national script leads to critical and creative forms of ... Read more
At a moment in which America seems simultaneously more closed and more open to change than ever before, Sons and Daughters of Self-Made Men: Improvising Gender, Place, Nation in American Literature re-examines a defining national discourse. Exploring the dilemmas of U.S. subjects positioned as inheritors—and thus as children—of the archetypal self-made Founder/Father, the author offers a critical re-evaluation of the trope of self-making as it is expressed in modern and contemporary American literature. She views "self-making" as a mode of simultaneous constriction and possibility, where the compulsion to perform to the national script leads to critical and creative forms of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483444
SKU
V9781611483444
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About Mary Paniccia Carden
Mary Paniccia Carden is associate professor of English at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Sons and Daughters of Self-Made Men
This book represents the best of contemporary scholarship: Carden explores pressing theoretical issues such as gender performance and nationhood in the context of solid analysis of literary works, and she renders her findings in a lively, engaging writing style that will be accessible to the average reader. Asking fundamental questions about culture and literature, this book will be a welcome ... Read more