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Record Number
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949899
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b704269
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Main Entry
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Corse, Sarah M.
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Title & Author
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Nationalism and literature : : the politics of culture in Canada and the United States /\ Sarah M. Corse.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1997.
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Series Statement
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Cambridge cultural social studies
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Page. NO
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xii, 213 pages ;; 24 cm.
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ISBN
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0521570026
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: 0521579120
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: 9780521570022
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: 9780521579124
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-203) and index.
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Contents
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1. Introduction: cultural fields and literary use 2. Nation-building and the historical timing of a national literature in the United States 3. Nation-building and the historical timing of a national literature in Candada 4. The canonical novels: the politics of cultural nationalism: the literary prize-winners: revision and renewal 6. The bestsellers: the economics of publishing and the convergence of popular taste 7. Literarymeaning and cultural use. Appendices.
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Abstract
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Sarah Corse's analysis of nearly two hundred American and Canadian novels offers a new theory of national literatures. Demonstrating that national canon formation occurs in tandem with nation-building, and that canonical novels play a symbolic role in this, Sarah Corse accounts for cross-national literary differences, addresses issues of mediation and representation in theories of "reflection," and illuminates the historically constructed nature of the relationship between literature and the nation-state. In this way, she also shows that there is no "natural" pattern of national literary difference across literary types, and, specifically, that high-culture national literatures are selected to appear different from other novels. By contrast, popular-culture bestsellers are best understood as mass market commodities for the largest and least differentiated audience.
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Subject
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American literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
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Canadian literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
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Canon (Literature)
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
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Nationalism-- Canada.
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Nationalism-- United States.
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Politics and literature-- Canada.
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Politics and literature-- United States.
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Américains dans la littérature.
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Canadiens dans la littérature.
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Chefs-d'œuvre (Littérature)
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Littérature américaine-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.
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Littérature canadienne-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.
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Nationalisme-- Canada-- Histoire.
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Nationalisme-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Politique et littérature-- Canada-- Histoire.
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Politique et littérature-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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American literature-- History and criticism.
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Canadian literature-- History and criticism.
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Canon (Literature)
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Intellectual life.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
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National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
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Nationalism-- Canada-- History.
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Nationalism-- United States-- History.
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Nationalism.
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Politics and literature-- Canada-- History.
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Politics and literature-- United States-- History.
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Politics and literature.
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Cultuurbeleid.
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Romans.
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North America, Intellectual life.
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Canada.
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North America.
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United States.
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Dewey Classification
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810.9/971
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LC Classification
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PS8097.A4C67 1997
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PR9185.2.C67 1997
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NLM classification
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18.07bcl
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cci1icclacc
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coll1lacc
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