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Ruthless Democracy : A Multicultural Interpretation of the American Renaissance / Timothy B. Powell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691227771
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.9/920693 23
LOC classification:
  • PS153.M56
  • PS153.M56 P69 2000
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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.

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