Elizabeth Duquette
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1043726 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Elizabeth Duquette |
| PRENOMES | Elizabeth |
| SOBRENOME | Duquette |
| ASSINATURA | DUQUETTE E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Gettysburg College |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The fog of tyranny in 'Benito Cereno
That it’s hard to distinguish anything clearly in ‘Benito Cereno’ is well known; the hazy mists and fogs of Melville’s story blur boundaries, contributing to its indictment of complacency and certainty. This article extends the operation of these fogs to include the relationship between enslavement and tyranny, arguing that Melville’s interest in the latter should be read as part of his interest in, and concerns about, American democracy
The Confidence-Man between Genres
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To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave
Book Review| June 01 2015 To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave: American Poetry and the Civil War America’s England: Antebellum Literature and Atlantic Sectionalism To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave: American Poetry and the Civil War. By Barrett, Faith. Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts Press. 2012. xiii, 336 pp. Paper, $27.95.America’s England: Antebellum Literature and Atlantic Sectionalism. By Hanlon, Christopher. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 2013. xiii, 23…
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Re‐thinking American Exceptionalism
American exceptionalism has been an organizing concept in American literary and cultural studies for decades, but recent years have witnessed the proliferation of new approaches to this topic. After an introduction to the history of American exceptionalism, the essay traces the arguments of several key figures in this debate, especially Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben, in order to provide an introduction to the utility of their claims for litera…
Prophecies of Leviathan
The Republican Mammy? Imagining Civic Engagement in Dred
Through a sustained analysis of Harriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel, Dred (1856), this essay argues for the reevaluation of Stowe's political and moral priorities and values. Focusing on the novel's examination of interest, the essay shows how Stowe challenges one of the basic tenets of American liberalism, namely that interests erode, rather than sustain, communities. The novel puts forward this critique by exploring the dangers of …
Re‐thinking American Exceptionalism
American exceptionalism has been an organizing concept in American literary and cultural studies for decades, but recent years have witnessed the proliferation of new approaches to this topic. After an introduction to the history of American exceptionalism, the essay traces the arguments of several key figures in this debate, especially Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben, in order to provide an introduction to the utility of their claims for litera…
The Republican Mammy? Imagining Civic Engagement in Dred
Through a sustained analysis of Harriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel, Dred (1856), this essay argues for the reevaluation of Stowe's political and moral priorities and values. Focusing on the novel's examination of interest, the essay shows how Stowe challenges one of the basic tenets of American liberalism, namely that interests erode, rather than sustain, communities. The novel puts forward this critique by exploring the dangers of …
The Republican Mammy? Imagining Civic Engagement in Dred
Through a sustained analysis of Harriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel, Dred (1856), this essay argues for the reevaluation of Stowe's political and moral priorities and values. Focusing on the novel's examination of interest, the essay shows how Stowe challenges one of the basic tenets of American liberalism, namely that interests erode, rather than sustain, communities. The novel puts forward this critique by exploring the dangers of …
Prophecies of Leviathan
Re‐thinking American Exceptionalism
American exceptionalism has been an organizing concept in American literary and cultural studies for decades, but recent years have witnessed the proliferation of new approaches to this topic. After an introduction to the history of American exceptionalism, the essay traces the arguments of several key figures in this debate, especially Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben, in order to provide an introduction to the utility of their claims for litera…
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave
Book Review| June 01 2015 To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave: American Poetry and the Civil War America’s England: Antebellum Literature and Atlantic Sectionalism To Fight Aloud Is Very Brave: American Poetry and the Civil War. By Barrett, Faith. Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts Press. 2012. xiii, 336 pp. Paper, $27.95.America’s England: Antebellum Literature and Atlantic Sectionalism. By Hanlon, Christopher. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 2013. xiii, 23…
The Confidence-Man between Genres
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
The fog of tyranny in 'Benito Cereno
That it’s hard to distinguish anything clearly in ‘Benito Cereno’ is well known; the hazy mists and fogs of Melville’s story blur boundaries, contributing to its indictment of complacency and certainty. This article extends the operation of these fogs to include the relationship between enslavement and tyranny, arguing that Melville’s interest in the latter should be read as part of his interest in, and concerns about, American democracy
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