Description |
xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; v. 87 |
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Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; v. 87
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Contents |
1. Cadence of decadence : Katzenjammer, (faux) German, and American expatriates -- 2. Detecting the capital of the 20th century : scenes, evidence, theory -- 3. The exemplarity of bears : extra-species identification and mimetic aftermyth -- 4. Immortality with a sea-view : other-history in Grass and Hamill -- 5. Twisting the absolute : notes on the ontological-hysteric theatre |
Summary |
"Aftermyths investigates fault-lines in literary and visual representation from 1870 to the early twentieth century as they range from a faux essentialism, often with ethnic overtones, to a "cadence of decadence" reflecting the dissensions of modernity. Reading Henry James and Mark Twain with side-glances to the cartoon revolution of Rudolf Dirks and Richard Felton Outcault, Robert Eisenhauer delves into the archive of frontier or histrionic "decadence," "Americanness," and "Germanness.""--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-241) and index |
Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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Caricature in literature.
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Comparative literature -- American and German.
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Comparative literature -- German and American.
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Hysteria in literature.
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Literature and society.
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Literature, Experimental.
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Sociolinguistics in literature.
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LC no. |
2006027890 |
ISBN |
0820486973 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780820486970 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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