Fathering the Nation - American Genealogies of Slavery and Freedom

"Adds a new dimension to the understanding of so-called classic Americanist texts and importantly complicates the account of their cultural transmission and historicization. Castronovo constructs an iconoclastic history comprised of the counter-memories and subjugated knowledges of figures whose stories were eclipsed by the nation's monumental history. His argument addresses the more inclusive questions associated with cultural studies."—Donald E. Pease, editor of Revisionary Interventions into the Americanist Canon

 

"An exciting and precise articulation of how slavery disrupts both dominant and unauthorized narratives of national identity, thus casting our national story as inherently inconsistent, characterized not by wholeness but by divisions and ambivalences in both content and form. The lucidity and complexity of Castronovo's argument as it interweaves multiple themes and texts is very impressive."—Karen Sanchez-Eppler, author of Touching Liberty

About the author

Russ Castronovo is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin.

Product details

• Authors: Russ Castronovo, Castronovo Russ
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780520307131
• ISBN: 978-0-520-30713-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary theory