{"product_id":"9781119062516","title":"A Companion to American Literary Studies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to American Literary Studies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCaroline F. Levander | Robert S. Levine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Companion to American Literary Studies\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the most provocative questions, subjects, and issues animating the field. Essays provide readers with the knowledge and conceptual tools for understanding American literary studies as it is practiced today, and chart new directions for the future of the subject. \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers up-to-date accounts of major new critical approaches to American literary studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents state-of-the-art essays on a full range of topics central to the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays explore critical and institutional genealogies of the field, increasingly diverse conceptions of American literary study, and unprecedented material changes such as the digital revolution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA unique anthology in the field, and an essential resource for libraries, faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eCaroline F. Levander\u003c\/b\u003e is Carlson Professor in the Humanities, Professor of English, and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Digital Education at Rice University, USA. She is author of \u003ci\u003eHotel Life (with Matt Guterl, 2015), Where Is American Literature? (2013), Voices of the Nation: Women and Public Speech in Nineteenth-Century American Culture and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eCradle of Liberty: Race, the Child and National Belonging from Thomas Jefferson to W.E.B. Du Bois\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); she is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe American Child: A Culture Studies Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eHemispheric American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eTeaching and Studying the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert S. Levine\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished University Professor of English at the University of Maryland, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eConspiracy and Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eMartin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eDislocating Race and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming); he is also the editor of a number of volumes, including \u003ci\u003eMartin R. Delany: A Documentary Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Anthology of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, 1820-1865 (2007, 2012), and Hemispheric \u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (with Caroline F. Levander, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 August 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119062516\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e592\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377726648460,"sku":"9781119062516","price":53.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119062516.jpg?v=1780281773","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119062516","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}