Revised Lives by William Pannapacker

Revised Lives by William Pannapacker

Revised Lives examines self-representation in U.S. culture from the American Revolution through the nineteenth century. Drawing on studies of the history of the book, Pierre Bourdieu's sociology, and ethnic and gender revisionism, this book focuses on the processes of national development, the self-construction of authorial personae, and the appropriation of the personae by interpretive communities. Special emphasis is given to Walt Whitman, but other figures are treated at length: P. T. Barnum, Edward Carpenter, Frederick Douglass, Benjamin Franklin, and Edgar Allan Poe. This study contributes to the understanding of selfhood in nineteenth-century American culture, the development of autobiography as a genre, and the dynamics of literary reception.

William Pannapacker is Assistant Professor of English and Towsley Research Scholar at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He holds an A.M. in English and a Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University, and is the author of numerous articles on nineteenth-century American literature and culture.

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ISBN 13	9780415968706
ISBN 10	0415968704
Title	Revised Lives
Author	William Pannapacker
Series	Literary Criticism And Cultural Theory
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2003-10-30
Number of pages	218
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