Imaginary Dialogues in American Literature and Philosophy - Beyond the Mainstream

This book provides a first overview and interdisciplinary discussion of imaginary dialogues in American literature and philosophy from the eighteenth century to the present. It combines the perspectives of literary studies, philosophy, linguistics and political history to offer wide-ranging analyses of 19th-century anti-slavery dialogues and the dialogical writings of Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Henry James, William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, George Santayana, Gertrude Stein, Jerome McGann, Leon Forrest, Paul Feyerabend, Corey Mesler, Nicholson Baker and Cormac McCarthy. Taking a fresh look at these American writers the essays in this volume explore the important yet marginalized tradition of dialogical writing and highlight the transatlantic nature of many American dialogues.

About the author

Till Kinzel, geb. 1968 in Berlin, ist ein deutscher Literaturwissenschaftler und Historiker. 2005 habilitierte er sich für Neuere Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft. Er ist dozent an der TU Braunschweig.

Summary

This book provides a first overview and interdisciplinary discussion of imaginary dialogues in American literature and philosophy from the eighteenth century to the present. It combines the perspectives of literary studies, philosophy, linguistics and political history to offer wide-ranging analyses of 19th-century anti-slavery dialogues and the dialogical writings of Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Henry James, William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, George Santayana, Gertrude Stein, Jerome McGann, Leon Forrest, Paul Feyerabend, Corey Mesler, Nicholson Baker and Cormac McCarthy. Taking a fresh look at these American writers the essays in this volume explore the important yet marginalized tradition of dialogical writing and highlight the transatlantic nature of many American dialogues.

Product details

• Authors: Til Kinzel, Till Kinzel, Jarmila Mildorf
• Assisted by: Till Kinzel (Editor), Jarmila Mildorf (Editor)
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2014
• EAN: 9783825363284
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-6328-4
• No. of pages: 367
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 669 g
• Illustrations: 1 Abbildung
• Series: Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift, Beihefte; Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift. Beihefte; Germanisch Romanische Monatsschrift / Beihefte; Germanisch Romanische Monatsschrift
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Literaturtheorie, Gattungstheorie, Transkulturalität, Fiktionalität, Dialogliteratur, Dialogische Texte, Politikgeschichte /U.S.A., Philosophie /19. Jahrhundert, Dialog /i. d. Literatur