The Global Remapping of American Literature by Paul Giles

The Global Remapping of American Literature by Paul Giles

Charts how the cartographies of American literature as an institutional category have varied. Arguing that American literature was consolidated as a distinctively nationalist entity only in the wake of the U S Civil War, this title identifies this formation as extending until the beginning of the Reagan presidency in 1981.

Honorable Mention for the 2012 BAAS Book Prize, British Association of American Studies Shortlisted for the 2012 American Studies Network Prize "In this richly provocative study, Giles posits a protean map of the American imagination"--Choice "Paul Giles can arguably be considered one of the most significant non-host nation scholars of American writing and culture active today and, consequently is among the first rank of academic literary critics in the current moment. His recent The Global Remapping of American Literature simply stands as one of the high water marks for literary criticism in 2011 so far, and, despite Giles' continuing productivity, ought to be recognized as a career-marking bravura work of skilled reorganization of the field of American Studies itself."--Stephen Shapiro, Review of English Studies "The Global Remapping of American Literature was the first work from Paul Giles that I had the opportunity to read--it alone broadened my perspective on the work of the critic within the ever-shifting world of American literary studies."--Guy Risko, Symploke "The Global Remapping of American Literature is, as has come to be expected of the work of Paul Giles, an excellent addition to the field of American studies... Giles writes with the inevitable authority of a scholar whose critical achievements are consolidated by this latest work."--Theresa Saxon, Years Work in English Studies

Paul Giles is the Challis Professor of English at the University of Sydney. His many books include "Atlantic Republic" and "Virtual Americas".

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ISBN 13	9780691136134
ISBN 10	0691136130
Title	The Global Remapping of American Literature
Author	Paul Giles
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2011-01-23
Number of pages	344
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