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03216aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 03B55DCA3F1811E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 180817s2019 pau b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 161146255X 020 $a 9781611462555 035 $a (OCoLC)1048944758 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d GSU $d SILO 043 $a s------ $a n------ $a s------ 050 4 $a PS228 H57 C64 2019 100 1 $a Coffman, Christopher K., $e author. 245 10 $a Rewriting early America : $b the prenational past in postmodern literature / $c Christopher K. Coffman. 264 1 $a Bethlehem, PA : $b Lehigh University Press ; $c [2019] 300 $a xxvii, 157 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-152) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: contemporary American literature and early America -- Berryman's Bradstreet and the end(s) of new criticism -- John Barth's metanarrative critique, or history as literature as reenactment -- Tradition and critique in Paul Muldoon's "Madoc: a mystery" -- Material values in Pynchon and Vollman -- The new world(s) of Thomas Pynchon -- Silence and places beyond power in the poetry of Susan Howe -- Conclusion: the problem of American origins, freedom from power, and Toni Morrison's A mercy. 520 $a Recent poems and fictions set in the early Americas are typically read as affirmations of cultural norms, as evidence of the impossibility of genuine engagement with the historical past, or as contentious repudiations of received histories. Inspired particularly by Mihai Spariosu's arguments regarding literary playfulness as an opening to peace, Rewriting early America: the prenational past in Postmodern literature adopts a different perspective, with the goal of demonstrating that many recent literary texts undertake more constructive and hopeful projects with regard to the American past than critics usually recognize. While honoring writers' pervasive critiques of hegemony, this volume trades a preoccupation with antagonism for an interest in restoration and recuperation. It describes how texts by John Barth, John Berryman, Susan Howe, Toni Morrison, Paul Muldoon, Thomas Pynchon, and William T. Vollmann harness the ambiguities of the colonial past to find sociocultural possibilities that operate beyond the workings of power and outside the politics of difference. Throughout, this book remains devoted to uncovering the moments at which contemporary writers proffer visions of American communities defined not by marginalization and oppression but by responsive understanding and inclusion. 650 0 $a American poetry $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a United States $x In literature. $y Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 $x In literature. 651 0 $a America $x In literature. 650 0 $a Postmodernism (Literature) 776 08 $i Ebook version : $z 9781611462562 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191120034444.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190502025751.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=03B55DCA3F1811E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search