| Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States Contributor(s): Looby, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226492834 ISBN-13: 9780226492834 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: How is a nation brought into being? In a detailed examination of crucial texts of eighteenth-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material informs and animates theoretical texts by Derrida, Lacan, and others as Looby unravels the texts of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hugh Henry Brackenridge and connects them to nation-building, political discourse, and self-creation. Correcting the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture in eighteenth-century America, "Voicing America" uncovers the complex process of early American writers articulating their new nation and reveals a body of literature and a political discourse thoroughly concerned with the power of vocal language. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.46" W x 8.51" (0.88 lbs) 295 pages |
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| Publisher Description: How is a nation brought into being? In a detailed examination of crucial texts of eighteenth-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material informs and animates theoretical texts by Derrida, Lacan, and others as Looby unravels the texts of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hugh Henry Brackenridge and connects them to nation-building, political discourse, and self-creation. Correcting the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture in eighteenth-century America, Voicing America uncovers the complex process of early American writers articulating their new nation and reveals a body of literature and a political discourse thoroughly concerned with the power of vocal language. |