The Dialectics of Our America: Genealogy, Cultural Critique, and Literary History (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
Description
Joining the current debates in American literary history, José David Saldívar offers a challenging new perspective on what constitutes not only the canon in American literature, but also the notion of America itself. His aim is the articulation of a fresh, transgeographical conception of American culture, one more responsive to the geographical ties and political crosscurrents of the hemisphere than to narrow national ideologies. Saldívar pursues this goal through an array of oppositional critical and creative practices. He analyzes a range of North American writers o...
ISBN(s)
0822311690, 9780822311690
