Ruthless Democracy : : A Multicultural Interpretation of the American Renaissance / / Timothy B. Powell.
In Ruthless Democracy, Timothy Powell reimagines the canonical origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. Taking his title from Melville, Powell identifies an unresolvable conflic...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Historical Interlude
- INTRODUCTION. THEORIZING RUTHLESS DEMOCRACY
- PART I: BEYOND NEW ENGLAND
- PART II: TOWARD A TRANSNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF "AMERICAN" IDENTITY
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX