Revised Lives - Whitman, Religion, and Constructions of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Culture

Summary

Revised Lives examines self-representation in U.S. culture from the American Revolution through the nineteenth century. Drawing on studies of the history of the book, Pierre Bourdieu's sociology, and ethnic and gender revisionism, this book focuses on the processes of national development, the self-construction of authorial personae, and the appropriation of the personae by interpretive communities. Special emphasis is given to Walt Whitman, but other figures are treated at length: P. T. Barnum, Edward Carpenter, Frederick Douglass, Benjamin Franklin, and Edgar Allan Poe. This study contributes to the understanding of selfhood in nineteenth-century American culture, the development of autobiography as a genre, and the dynamics of literary reception.

Product details

• Authors: William Pannapacker, Pannapacker William
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2003
• EAN: 9780415968706
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96870-6
• No. of pages: 218
• Weight: 560 g
• Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, American English, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, C 1700 To C 1800