书目名称 | Exceptional Violence and the Crisis of Classic American Literature | 编辑 | Joseph Fichtelberg | 视频video | | 概述 | Explores the experience of violence and political uncertainty in antebellum life and culture.First study of antebellum America to employ the political and cultural insights of Walter Benjamin.Surveys | 丛书名称 | American Literature Readings in the 21st Century | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This book is an interdisciplinary study of antebellum American literature and the problem of political emergency. Arguing that the United States endured sustained conflicts over the nature and operation of sovereignty in the unsettled era from the Founding to the Civil War, the book presents two forms of governance: local and regional control, and national governance. The period’s states of exception arose from these clashing imperatives, creating contests over land, finance, and, above all, slavery, that drove national politics. Extensively employing the political and cultural insights of Walter Benjamin, this book surveys antebellum American writers to understand how they situated themselves and their work in relation to these episodes, specifically focusing on the experience of violence. Exploring the work of Edgar Allan Poe, ex-slave narrators like Moses Roper and Henry Bibb, Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson, the book applies some central aspects of Walter Benjamin’s literary and cultural criticism to the deep investment in pain in antebellum politics and culture. | 出版日期 | Book 2022 | 关键词 | Literature and Human Rights; Walter Benjamin; Antebellum America; Civil War; Slavery; Political emergency | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07845-3 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-07847-7 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-07845-3Series ISSN 2634-579X Series E-ISSN 2634-5803 | issn_series | 2634-579X | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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