Transatlantic Literary Studies: A Reader

Susan Manning; Andrew Taylor

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2007

Transatlantic Literary Studies

A Reader

Susan Manning and Andrew Taylor

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474470674

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Contents

About this book

The first volume of critical texts to define the field of Transatlantic Literary Studies

This Reader provides 42 exemplary readings that map the theoretical and literary aspects of this growing cross-disciplinary subject area.

In a substantial Introduction to the volume, leading experts Susan Manning and Andrew Taylor suggest ways in which the transatlantic model can be most effectively used within literary studies. The readings that follow are organised around key ideas - the nation and cosmopolitanism, theories and practice of comparative literature, postcolonialism/imperialism, translation, style and genre, and travel - and provide accessible, annotated examples that demonstrate the different possibilities of comparative analysis. The book represents and promotes an understanding of British, European and American literary culture within a broader framework of transatlantic activity.

Key Features

Defines the field of Transatlantic Literary Studies as taught in English and American Studies departments.
Includes important readings from key critics including J. Hillis Miller, Paul Giles, Edward Said and Paul Gilroy.
Provides a full Introduction and section headnotes that contextualise the field.
Presents material that explores transatlantic encounters from the early modern period to the present day.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
NOTE ON THE TEXTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	x
PUBLISHER’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS TRANSATLANTIC LITERARY STUDIES? Susan Manning and Andrew Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I THE NATION AND COSMOPOLITANISM
THE NATION AND COSMOPOLITANISM: INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
1 ‘COPYRIGHTING AMERICAN HISTORY: INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT AND THE PERIODIZATION OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY’ Claudia Stokes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2 ‘THE TRANSNATIONAL TURN: REDISCOVERING AMERICAN STUDIES IN A WIDER WORLD’ Robert A. Gross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 ‘NINETEENTH-CENTURY UNITED STATES LITERARY CULTURE AND TRANSNATIONALITY’ John Carlos Rowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4 ‘NATIONAL NARRATIVES, POSTNATIONAL NARRATION’ Donald E. Pease Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
5 ‘TRANSNATIONALISM AND CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE’ Paul Giles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
6 ‘THE LIMITS OF COSMOPOLITANISM AND THE CASE FOR TRANSLATION’ David Simpson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
7 ‘BETWEEN EMPIRES: FRANCES CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA’S LIFE IN MEXICO’ Amy Kaplan and Nina Gerassi-Navarro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
8 ‘PRINCIPLES OF A HISTORY OF WORLD LITERATURE’ Pascale Casanova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
PART II THEORIES AND PRACTICE OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
THEORIES AND PRACTICE OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
1 ‘GENERAL, COMPARATIVE, AND NATIONAL LITERATURE’ René Wellek and Austin Warren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
2 ‘NOTES TOWARDS A COMPARISON BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ROMANTICISM’ Tony Tanner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
3 ‘ENGLISH ROMANTICISM, AMERICAN ROMANTICISM: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?’ J. Hillis Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
4 ‘CULTURAL TIME IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA’ Robert Weisbuch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
5 ‘NATURE AND WALDEN’ Richard Gravil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6 ‘ON BEGINNING TO TELL A “BEST-KEPT SECRET”’ Margaret McFadden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7 ‘NETWORK ANALYSIS: A REAPPRAISAL’ Jeremy Boissevain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
PART III IMPERIALISM AND THE POSTCOLONIAL
IMPERIALISM AND THE POSTCOLONIAL: INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
1 ‘PROSPERO AND CALIBAN’ Peter Hulme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
2 ‘CULTURAL IDENTITY AND DIASPORA’ Stuart Hall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
3 ‘THE BLACK ATLANTIC AS A COUNTERCULTURE OF MODERNITY’ Paul Gilroy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
4 ‘AMERICAN LITERARY EMERGENCE AS A POSTCOLONIAL PHENOMENON’ Lawrence Buell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
5 ‘EUROPEAN PEDIGREES/AFRICAN CONTAGIONS: NATIONALITY, NARRATIVE, AND COMMUNITY IN TUTUOLA, ACHEBE, AND REED’ James Snead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
6 ‘DEEP TIME: AMERICAN LITERATURE AND WORLD HISTORY’ Wai Chee Dimock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
PART IV TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION: INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
1 ‘THE TASK OF THE TRANSLATOR’ Walter Benjamin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
2 ‘ON LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF TRANSLATION’ Roman Jakobson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
3 ‘THE HERMENEUTIC MOTION’ George Steiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
4 ‘THE TROPICS OF TRANSLATION’ Douglas Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
5 ‘GENDER AND THE METAPHORICS OF TRANSLATION’ Lori amberlain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
6 ‘JACK SPICER’S AFTER LORCA: TRANSLATION AS DECOMPOSITION’ Daniel Katz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
7 ‘THE FRENCH CARIBBEANIZATION OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY: A POETICS OF ANTICOLONIALISM’ Anna Brickhouse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
PART V STYLE AND GENRE
STYLE AND GENRE: INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
1 ‘ELOQUENCE AND TRANSLATION’ Eric Cheyfitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
2 ‘INTRODUCTION: RHIZOME’ Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
3 ‘TRAVELING GENRES’ Margaret Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
4 ‘INTRODUCTION: HISTORY, MEMORY, AND PERFORMANCE’ Joseph Roach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
5 ‘ROMANCE AND RATIONAL ORTHODOXY’ Michael Davitt Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
6 ‘THE FAILURE OF GENRE CRITICISM’ Nicolaus Mills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
7 ‘EMPIRE AND OCCASIONAL CONFORMITY: DAVID FORDYCE’S COMPLETE BRITISH LETTER-WRITER’ Eve Tavor Bannet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
8 ‘THE AMERICANIZATION OF CLARISSA’ Leonard Tennenhouse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
PART VI TRAVEL
TRAVEL: INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
1 ‘REFLECTIONS ON EXILE’ Edward Said Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
2 ‘ETHNO-GRAPHY: SPEECH, OR THE SPACE OF THE OTHER: JEAN DE LÉRY’ Michel de Certeau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
3 ‘INTRODUCTION’ TO SEA CHANGES Stephen Fender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
4 ‘THE REWARDS OF TRAVEL’ William Stowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
5 ‘INTRODUCTION’ TO IMPERIAL EYES AND ‘HUMBOLDT AS TRANSCULTURATOR’ Mary Louise Pratt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
6 ‘TRAVEL WRITING AND ITS THEORY’ Mary Baine Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
GLOSSARY OF TERMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 368
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: March 19, 2007
ISBN: 9781474470674