The Politics of Voice: Liberalism and Social Criticism from Franklin to KingstonSUNY Press, 1992 M01 1 - 199 páginas This book is an analysis of the social criticism and the political implications of rhetorical strategies in personal-political (nonfictional) narratives by liberal American writers from the 18th century till the 1970s. Using the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin, Schueller examines works by Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Henry Adams, Jane Addams, James Agee, Norman Mailer, and Maxine Hong Kingston. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Franklins Autobiography Revolutionary Liberalism and Authorial Control | 17 |
Carnival Rhetoric Aestheticism and Transcendence in Walden | 31 |
Democratic Capitalism and the Role of Culture The Identity of Multiple Observers in The American Scene | 47 |
The Artifice of Boundaries Language Intersection in The Education of Henry Adams | 67 |
Class and Gender The Divided Voices of Twenty Years at HullHouse | 87 |
Language and Ideology Linguistic Depoliticization in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men | 103 |
Toward a Politics of Difference Linguistic Otherness in The Armies of the Night | 123 |
Polemics and Dialogics in The Woman Warrior A Radical Challenge | 143 |
Postscript | 157 |
Notes | 161 |
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The Politics of Voice: Liberalism and Social Criticism from Franklin to Kingston Malini Johar Schueller Vista previa limitada - 1992 |
The Politics of Voice: Liberalism and Social Criticism from Franklin to Kingston Malini Johar Schueller Sin vista previa disponible - 1992 |
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