Why is English Literature? Language and Letters for the Twenty-First Century
Title:
Why is English Literature? Language and Letters for the Twenty-First Century
ISBN:
9781137375544
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Edition:
1st ed. 2013.
Publication Information New:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2013.
Physical Description:
XII, 160 p. 3 illus. online resource.
Abstract:
Why is English synonymous with literature in the United States? Bonfiglio contextualizes the rising hegemony of English within the anti-labor, anti-immigration, xenophobic, mercantile, militarist, and technocratic ideologies that arose in the US in the first half of twentieth century.
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Full Text Available From Palgrave Literature 2013 Packages
Language:
English