Symbolism and American Literature
Author | : Charles Feidelson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Charles Feidelson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : T. S. McMillin |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2011-03-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 158729978X |
In the continental United States, rivers serve to connect state to state, interior with exterior, the past to the present, but they also divide places and peoples from one another. These connections and divisions have given rise to a diverse body of literature that explores American nature, ranging from travel accounts of seventeenth-century Puritan colonists to magazine articles by twenty-first-century enthusiasts of extreme sports. Using pivotal American writings to determine both what literature can tell us about rivers and, conversely, how rivers help us think about the nature of literature, The Meaning of Rivers introduces readers to the rich world of flowing water and some of the different ways in which American writers have used rivers to understand the world through which these waters flow. Embracing a hybrid, essayistic form—part literary theory, part cultural history, and part fieldwork—The Meaning of Rivers connects the humanities to other disciplines and scholarly work to the land. Whether developing a theory of palindromes or reading works of American literature as varied as Henry David Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and James Dickey’s Deliverance, McMillin urges readers toward a transcendental retracing of their own interpretive encounters. The nature of texts and the nature of “nature” require diverse and versatile interpretation; interpretation requires not only depth and concentration but also imaginative thinking, broad-mindedness, and engaged connection-making. By taking us upstream as well as down, McMillin draws attention to the potential of rivers for improving our sense of place and time.
Author | : Heike Owusu |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : 9780806963471 |
Over 1000 illustrations show the fascinating origins and meanings of 300 symbols and signs used by North American tribes. The magnificent variety of symbols are shown as they were used in pottery, clothing, masks, shields, totems, and other settings, carved, sewn, and painted. The collection starts with the simplest symbols--from lines, circles, and curves, to crosses, triangles, and squares--then traces their combinations into ever-more complex designs. Many symbols depict bonds with nature--particularly animals and landscape features--which appear in clan identifications, picture-writing, rituals, legends, and stories that convey heroism and wisdom. A special section explains how more than 80 different animals may have different meanings among cultures of the Southwest, Plains, Northwest Coast, Sub-Arctic North, and the Northeast. 320 pages, 150 b/w illus., 5 5/8 x 7 1/2.
Author | : René Taupin |
Publisher | : New York : AMS Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Elizabeth Kantor |
Publisher | : Regnery Publishing |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2006-10-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1596980117 |
Citing declining coverage of classic English and American literature in today's schools, a "politically incorrect" primer challenges popular misconceptions while introducing the works of such core masters as Shakespeare, Faulkner, and Austen, in a volume that is complemented by a syllabus and a self-study guide. Original.
Author | : R. W. B. Lewis |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226476810 |
The first really original book on the classical period in American writing that has appeared for a long time.
Author | : Patricia E. Reagan |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2016-06-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1498524729 |
Deconstructing Paradise investigates Christian symbols that appear in Latin American Literature in an inverted way. The texts under investigation invert the Christian center to generate a social, political, cultural, or even artistic commentary. In doing so, each text underscores a search for meaning that rejects the centering presence of the more traditional Christian focus that has long validated humankind’s existence both in society and in literature. As Deconstructing Paradise examines, finding a unified center around which to construct meaning is no longer possible, although the search for meaning persists in the inverted Christian center. The first three chapters analyze the trifecta of novels that offer a full allegory of inverted Christian symbolism including: Miguel Ángel Asturias’ El Señor Presidente; Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo and José Donoso’s El lugar sin límites. Chapters Four and Five focus on inverted Christ and inverted Judas figures in multiple novels and short fiction. As many Latin American literary critics affirm, it is increasingly difficult to categorize fiction after the Boom, although even the usefulness of these categories is ultimately questionable. Literary critics now look for patterns and Deconstructing Paradise offers one such pattern by identifying a trend in an impressive scope of the well-known authors of twentieth-century Latin American literature, while also tracing this pattern back to nineteenth-century precursors. Deconstructing Paradise offers a unique and comprehensive look at a significant trend that will undoubtedly foment new ideas and paths of study in contemporary Latin American literature.
Author | : Leslie A. Fiedler |
Publisher | : Dalkey Archive Press |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781564781635 |
"No other study of the American novel has such fascinating and on the whole right things to say." Washington Post