Iulian Cananau: 1 book
Constituting «Americanness»
A History of the Concept and Its Representations in Antebellum American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
This work in cultural history and literary criticism suggests a fresh and fruitful approach to the old notion of Americanness. Following Reinhart Koselleck’s Begriffsgeschichte, the author proposes that Americanness is not an ordinary word, but a concept with a historically specific semantic field....
