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Beyond 1776: Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution by Maria O’Malley, Denys Van Renen (review)

Beyond 1776: Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution by Maria O’Malley, Denys Van... 250 } EAR LY AMER ICAN LITERATUR E: VOLU ME 55 , N U MBER 1 theory shaped early US literature. In its expansive, learned transatlantic genealogies of various aesthetic concepts and literary styles, it oer ff s an important (if daunting) reminder that to fully contextualize such concepts, one has to not only perform transatlantic comparison but also to trace such concepts beyond the boundaries of conventional periodization. Its fresh and illuminating readings of major works of the 1780s and ’90s will make Literature, American Style an important book for early Americanists. But what will make this book important for a wide range of scholars work - ing on the long history of American literature is its reframing of the issue of literary Americanness. One of the signature achievements of Literature, American Style is the synthesis it provides of the divergent lines of schola -r ship focused on national distinctiveness and transatlantic indebtedness, respectively. Though Tawil’s commitments—like those of most other scholars today—might ultimately lie with the latter, his account not only finds descriptive value in the venerable accounts of literary Americanness but also shows that these two opposed bodies of scholarship can mut-u ally illuminate each other. Because http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Literature University of North Carolina Press

Beyond 1776: Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution by Maria O’Malley, Denys Van Renen (review)

McCurdy, John G.
Early American Literature , Volume 55 (1) – Jan 29, 2020
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250 } EAR LY AMER ICAN LITERATUR E: VOLU ME 55 , N U MBER 1 theory shaped early US literature. In its expansive, learned transatlantic genealogies of various aesthetic concepts and literary styles, it oer ff s an important (if daunting) reminder that to fully contextualize such concepts, one has to not only perform transatlantic comparison but also to trace such concepts beyond the boundaries of conventional periodization. Its fresh and illuminating readings of major works of the 1780s and ’90s will make Literature, American Style an important book for early Americanists. But what will make this book important for a wide range of scholars work - ing on the long history of American literature is its reframing of the issue of literary Americanness. One of the signature achievements of Literature, American Style is the synthesis it provides of the divergent lines of schola -r ship focused on national distinctiveness and transatlantic indebtedness, respectively. Though Tawil’s commitments—like those of most other scholars today—might ultimately lie with the latter, his account not only finds descriptive value in the venerable accounts of literary Americanness but also shows that these two opposed bodies of scholarship can mut-u ally illuminate each other. Because

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Published: Jan 29, 2020

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