Death of a nation : American culture and the end of exceptionalism / David W. Noble ; foreword by George Lipsitz.

Author/creator Noble, David W.
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxlvi, 352 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Criticism--United States. --History. --20th century.
Nationalism and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.
Literature and history--United States. --History. --20th century.
American literature--History and criticism. --Theory, etc.
United States--Civilization. --20th century.
United States--Historiography.

SeriesCritical American studies series
Critical American studies series. ^A504826
Contents The birth and death of American history -- Historians leaving home, killing fathers -- The crisis of American literary criticism from World War I to World War II -- Elegies for the national landscape -- The new literary criticism : the death of the nation born in New England -- The vanishing national landscape : painting, architecture, music, and philosophy in the early twentieth century -- The disintegration of national boundaries : literary criticism in the late twentieth century -- The end of American history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-335) and index.
LCCN 2002009538
ISBN0816640807 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0816640815 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS78 .N63 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold