Doctrine and Difference: The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature aims to expand and deepen our knowledge into the inquiry of “contextual historicism,” observing writers of the American nineteenth century, and their vastly differing approaches to perceptions such as race, gender, and national identity. Ranging from the religious acuities of the first American Puritans to the more secularized literary awakening of the American Renaissance and into late-century texts that deliberately resist the limits of received religious and political opinion, this volume seeks to uncover a history of human thought within classic American Literature. This volume critically observes these survivable works of literature, presenting insight into the “difference” made by conversation, dispute, and dramatized self-doubt within novels and poems of the historical past.
| ISBN: | 9781032368733 |
| Publication date: | 22nd December 2023 |
| Author: | Michael J Colacurcio |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary theory Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism Gender studies, gender groups |