Ethnicity and Cultural Authority : : From Arnold to Du Bois / / Daniel G. Williams.
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Williams, Daniel G., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Ethnicity and Cultural Authority : From Arnold to Du Bois / Daniel G. Williams. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2005 1 online resource (272 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures : ESTLI Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Culture, Ethnicity, Authority -- 1. Matthew Arnold Culture and Ethnicity -- 2. William Dean Howells: Realism, Ethnicity and the Nation -- 3. W. B. Yeats: Celticism, Aestheticism and Nationalism -- 4. W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Folk in the Kingdom of Culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622054);Longlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2007Writing in 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois suggested that the goal for the African-American was 'to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture'.He was evoking 'culture' as a solution to the divisions within society, thereby adopting, in a very different context, an idea that had been influentially expressed by Matthew Arnold in the 1860s. Du Bois questioned the assumed universality of this concept by asking who, ultimately, is allowed into the 'kingdom of culture'? How does one come to speak from a position of cultural authority?This book adopts a transatlantic approach to explore these questions. It centres on four Victorian 'men of letters' - Matthew Arnold, William Dean Howells, W. B. Yeats and W. E. B. Du Bois - who drew on notions of ethnicity as a basis from which to assert their cultural authority. In comparative close readings of these figures Daniel Williams addresses several key areas of contemporary literary and cultural debate. The book questions the notion of 'the West' as it appears and re-appears in the formulations of postcolonial theory, challenges the widespread tendency to divide nationalism into 'civic' and 'ethnic' forms, and forces its readers to reconsider what they mean when they talk about 'culture', 'identity' and 'national literature'. Key FeaturesOffers a substantial, innovative intervention in transatlantic debates over race and ethnicity Uses 4 intriguing authors to explore issues of national identity, racial purity and the use of literature as a marker of 'cultural capital' A unique focus on Celtic identity in a transatlantic context Sets up a dialogue between writers who believe in national identity and those who believe in cultural distinctiveness" Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Ethnicity in literature. Nationalism in literature. Literary Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 9783110780468 print 9780748622054 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748626274?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748626274 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748626274/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Culture, Ethnicity, Authority -- 1. Matthew Arnold Culture and Ethnicity -- 2. William Dean Howells: Realism, Ethnicity and the Nation -- 3. W. B. Yeats: Celticism, Aestheticism and Nationalism -- 4. W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Folk in the Kingdom of Culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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