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Before Cultures: The Ethnographic Imagination in American Literature, 1865-1920 New edition
Evans, Brad (University of Bristol)
Before Cultures: The Ethnographic Imagination in American Literature, 1865-1920 New edition
Evans, Brad (University of Bristol)
Explores this delay in the development of the culture concept and its relation to the description of difference in late nineteenth-century America. The author weaves together the histories of American literature and anthropology. His study brings to life not only the regionalist fiction of the time but also revives a range of neglected materials.
256 pages, 26 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 1, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780226222646 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 154 × 228 × 19 mm · 400 g |
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