Ruthless Democracy : A Multicultural Interpretation of the American Renaissance /
Powell, Timothy B.
Ruthless Democracy : A Multicultural Interpretation of the American Renaissance / Timothy B. Powell. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Historical Interlude -- INTRODUCTION. THEORIZING RUTHLESS DEMOCRACY -- PART I: BEYOND NEW ENGLAND -- PART II: TOWARD A TRANSNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF "AMERICAN" IDENTITY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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In Ruthless Democracy, Timothy Powell reimagines the canonical origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. Taking his title from Melville, Powell identifies an unresolvable conflict between America's multicultural history and its violent will to monoculturalism. Powell challenges existing perceptions of the American Renaissance--the period at the heart of the American canon and its evolutions--by expanding the parameters of American identity. Drawing on the critical traditions of cultural studies and new historicism, Powell invents a new critical paradigm called "historical multiculturalism." Moving beyond the polarizing rhetoric of the culture wars, Powell grounds his multicultural conception of American identity in careful historical analysis. Ruthless Democracy extends the cultural and geographical boundaries of the American Renaissance beyond the northeast to Indian Territory, Alta California, and the transnational sphere that Powell calls the American Diaspora. Arguing for the inclusion of new works, Powell envisions the canon of the American Renaissance as a fluid dialogue of disparate cultural voices.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691227771
10.1515/9780691227771 doi
2020759469
American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.
Minorities in literature.
Minorities--Intellectual life.--United States
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
Abolition. Aesthetics. American: colonization. Anthropology. Beaver, Harold. Bercovitch, Sacvan. Brown, Charles. Calhoun, John C. Capitalism. Cherokee Phoenix. Cherokee. Colonization. Cultural Studies. Democracy. Digger Indians. Disability. Doctrine of Discovery. Domesticity. Economy. Feminism. Forgetting. Free Soil Movement. Garrison, William Lloyd. Gleiter, Karin. Hermeneutics. Hybridity. Ideology. Indian Removal Act. Industrial Revolution. Jarvis, Edward. Jefferson, Thomas. Kinshasa, Kwando Μ. Know-Nothings. Leslie, Joshua. Lubiano, Wahneema. Masculinity. Mexican-American War. Minstrelsy. Miscegenation. Monoculturalism. Nationalism. Nativism. Naumkeag Indians. Owens, Louis. Philosophy. Postnationalism. Queerness. Radical democracy. Roberts, Joseph Jenkins. Ruthless democracy. Seneca Falls Convention. Sentimental Imperialism. Stowe, Calvin.
PS153.M56 PS153.M56 / P69 2000
810.9/920693
Ruthless Democracy : A Multicultural Interpretation of the American Renaissance / Timothy B. Powell. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Historical Interlude -- INTRODUCTION. THEORIZING RUTHLESS DEMOCRACY -- PART I: BEYOND NEW ENGLAND -- PART II: TOWARD A TRANSNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF "AMERICAN" IDENTITY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
In Ruthless Democracy, Timothy Powell reimagines the canonical origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. Taking his title from Melville, Powell identifies an unresolvable conflict between America's multicultural history and its violent will to monoculturalism. Powell challenges existing perceptions of the American Renaissance--the period at the heart of the American canon and its evolutions--by expanding the parameters of American identity. Drawing on the critical traditions of cultural studies and new historicism, Powell invents a new critical paradigm called "historical multiculturalism." Moving beyond the polarizing rhetoric of the culture wars, Powell grounds his multicultural conception of American identity in careful historical analysis. Ruthless Democracy extends the cultural and geographical boundaries of the American Renaissance beyond the northeast to Indian Territory, Alta California, and the transnational sphere that Powell calls the American Diaspora. Arguing for the inclusion of new works, Powell envisions the canon of the American Renaissance as a fluid dialogue of disparate cultural voices.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691227771
10.1515/9780691227771 doi
2020759469
American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.
Minorities in literature.
Minorities--Intellectual life.--United States
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
Abolition. Aesthetics. American: colonization. Anthropology. Beaver, Harold. Bercovitch, Sacvan. Brown, Charles. Calhoun, John C. Capitalism. Cherokee Phoenix. Cherokee. Colonization. Cultural Studies. Democracy. Digger Indians. Disability. Doctrine of Discovery. Domesticity. Economy. Feminism. Forgetting. Free Soil Movement. Garrison, William Lloyd. Gleiter, Karin. Hermeneutics. Hybridity. Ideology. Indian Removal Act. Industrial Revolution. Jarvis, Edward. Jefferson, Thomas. Kinshasa, Kwando Μ. Know-Nothings. Leslie, Joshua. Lubiano, Wahneema. Masculinity. Mexican-American War. Minstrelsy. Miscegenation. Monoculturalism. Nationalism. Nativism. Naumkeag Indians. Owens, Louis. Philosophy. Postnationalism. Queerness. Radical democracy. Roberts, Joseph Jenkins. Ruthless democracy. Seneca Falls Convention. Sentimental Imperialism. Stowe, Calvin.
PS153.M56 PS153.M56 / P69 2000
810.9/920693