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Through other continents, american literature across deep. Rupture, crisis, transformation new directions in us. Although wai chee dimock does not refer explicitly to eliots distinction, i find that her concept of deep time may be fruitfully put in relation to a spatiotemporal cosmopolitan ism, as a key articulation of world literature, which is precisely the setting wherein dimock locates a form of indebtedness, or double threading, for american. Dimock, from through other continents pdf johnson, pym book week 18 november. Through other continents makes good on dimocks proposal for a more imaginative and more capacious reading of not only american literature, but literature in general.
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She is at work on a textbook, transna tional american literature, coedited with werner sollors, and a book on genre, a. Oct 02, 2006 what we call american literature is quite often a shorthand, a simplified name for an extended tangle of relations. Deep time emerges as a framework for understanding the connections american writers from emerson to fuller forged. Inspired by an unorthodox archive ranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese. American literature across deep time what we call american literature is quite often a shorthand, a simplified name for an extended tangle of. American literature across deep time through other continents. Mcgurl states that the perspective of deep time holds the promise, for dimock, of. Through other continents pdf download full pdf read. Waichee dimock beginning with thoreau as a tangled part of a global civil society, and emerson as a tangled part of two world religions christianity and islam this text explores the loops of deep time that. This is the argument ofthrough other continents, wai chee dimocks sustained effort to read american literature as a subset of world literature.
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Literature, law, philosophy, will be reissued in a new edition in 2021. At once a set of wideranging illustrations and a map for the future, her study will permanently alter the boundaries, and therefore the national implications, of american literary scholarship. American literature across deep time 2006, received honorable mention for the james russell lowell prize of the modern language association and the harry levin prize of the american comparative literature association. Ameri can literature across deep time princeton up, 2006 and a collaborative volume, shades of the planet. American literature across deep time as a way to think through the concept of deep time and its appearance in fiction. Inspired by an unorthodox archiveranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and tiepolo, and the music of the grateful deaddimock constructs a long history of the world, a history she calls deep time. Bruce robbins, the worlding of the american novel, in. Inspired by an unorthodox archiveranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and. Studies american literature, american studies, and african american literature. American literature across deep time 2009 s time from and has to the saltless order and research submitting system provides she gives and commits powered a maximum of. American literature as world literature princeton up, 2007. Genres as fields of knowledge cambridge university. Inspired by an unorthodox archiveranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and tiepolo, and the music of the grateful deaddimock constructs a long history of the world, a.
The cambridge history of the american novel 2011 8. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. Pdf world literature and cosmopolitanism studies cesar. Inspired by an unorthodox archiveranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and tiepolo, and the music of the. American literature across deep time 8580000740967. Through other continents american literature across. American literature across deep time mezey, jason 20080101 00. American literature across deep time princeton and. Dec 01, 2019 north american literature, in her reading, stretches across other cultures, other languages, and other periods. Traversing india, china, europe, africa, the middle east, and the americas, dimock rereads writers.
An anthology from anne bradstreet to octavia butler columbia up, 2017 shades of the planet princeton up, 2007 through other continents. American literature across deep time, wai chee dimock expands on the geographybased postnational. This is the argument of through other continents, wai chee dimocks sustained effort to read american literature as a. Professor of english and american studies at yale university. What we call american literature is quite often a shorthand, a simplified name for an extended tangle of relations. Wai chee dimock is william lampson professor of english and american studies at yale university. American literature across deep time princeton, nj. I teach us literature, cultural studies, the history of poetry and poetics, critical. American literature in the world columbia university press. Defenders of the faith, for over a millennium, had thus.
Mark mcgurl begins his article the posthuman comedy with an analysis of a work by wai chee dimock entitled through other continents. Across deep time 2006 and her new web and print anthology american. In her eclectic collection of case studies, dimock reads canonical us literature through an array of archaeological shards, stray cultural allusions. This book is a breathtaking rollercoaster ride through american literature, but not the american literature you usually find in anthologies. Peter j schmidt, swarthmore college, english literature department, faculty member. This is a list of books, mainly our primary readings, you should own in one format or another. Download through other continents american literature. American literature across deep time princeton up, 2006.
Through other continents american literature across deep. Deep objects in historical accounts of the glanton. Wai chee dimock, william lampson professor of english and american studies at yale. Ramon saldivar, historical fantasy, speculative realism, and postrace.
Chee dimocks through other continents explores the panorama of american literature across deep time, beyond the confines of language, race, national history, and even the human species. American literature across deep time 2006, i tried to trace the features of an islamicate us, focusing on the translations and retranslations among three languages. American literature across deep time published on 01 jan 2008 by brill. American literature as world literature 2007 and through other continents. Rupture, crisis, transformation new directions in us studies. Inspired by an unorthodox archive ranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and tiepolo, and the music of the grateful dead dimock constructs a long history of the world, a history she calls deep time. Princeton university press, 2006 isbn 9780691114491. Weird and new weird fiction preliminary reading list and schedule books to buy note. American literature across deep time princeton up, 2006 residues of justice.
American literature across deep time 2006, wai chee dimock takes blistering aim at the nationbased model of literary studies on which the field of american literature has long depended, refusing the nationstate as the integral unit of literary analysis and positing instead the epic counterscale of the planet in its place. American literature across deep time, princeton university press, 2006 hardback, 2008 paper. Download through other continents american literature across. Through other continents princeton university press. Dimock, wai chee through other continents american literature across deep time. American literature across deep time wai chee dimock. Booktopia has through other continents, american literature across deep time by wai chee dimock. American literature across deep time by dimock, wai chee isbn. Literature, law, philosophy u of california p, 1997 rethinking class columbia up, 1994. Through other continents american literature across deep time. American literature across deep time wai chee dimock what we call american literature is quite often a shorthand, a simplified name for an extended tangle of relations.
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