Main Street and Empire The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization |
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| Author:
| Poll, Ryan |
| Series title: | The American Literatures Initiative Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-8074-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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In Main Street and Empire, Ryan Poll argues that the small town, as evoked by the image of "Main Street," is not a relic of the past but rather a metaphorical screen upon which the nation's "everyday" stories and subjects are projected on both a national and global level. It brings together a wide range of literary, cultural, and political texts to examine how the small town is used to...
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In Main Street and Empire, Ryan Poll argues that the small town, as evoked by the image of "Main Street," is not a relic of the past but rather a metaphorical screen upon which the nation's "everyday" stories and subjects are projected on both a national and global level. It brings together a wide range of literary, cultural, and political texts to examine how the small town is used to imagine and reproduce the nation throughout the twentieth- and into the twenty-first century.