Why Is English Literature? Language and Letters for the Twenty-First Century |
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| Author:
| Bonfiglio, Thomas Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-1-137-37987-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $126.95 |
Book Description:
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Why is English synonymous with literature in the United States? Bonfiglio contextualizes the rising hegemony of English within the anti-labor, anti-immigration, xenophobic, mercantile, militarist, and technocratic ideologies that arose in the US in the first half of twentieth century.
Why is English synonymous with literature in the United States? Bonfiglio contextualizes the rising hegemony of English within the anti-labor, anti-immigration, xenophobic, mercantile, militarist, and technocratic ideologies that arose in the US in the first half of twentieth century.