American obscurantism : history and the visual in U.S. literature and film
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American obscurantism : history and the visual in U.S. literature and film
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The work American obscurantism : history and the visual in U.S. literature and film represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- American obscurantism : history and the visual in U.S. literature and film
- Title remainder
- history and the visual in U.S. literature and film
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Lurie
- Title variation
- History and the visual in U.S. literature and film
- Subject
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- American literature -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Historicism in literature
- Historicism in literature
- Historicism in literature
- History in literature
- History in literature
- History in motion pictures
- History in motion pictures
- History in motion pictures
- Literature and history -- United States
- American literature
- Motion pictures, American
- Motion pictures, American
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race in motion pictures
- Race in motion pictures
- Race in motion pictures
- United States -- In motion pictures
- Motion pictures -- United States -- History
- American literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "American Obscurantism argues for a salutary indirection in U.S. culture. From its earliest canonical literary works through late twentieth and early twenty-first century film, the most compelling manifestations of America's troubled history have articulated this content through a unique formal and tonal obscurity. Envisioning the formidable darkness attending racial history at nearly every stage of the republic's founding and ongoing devepment, writers such as William Faulkner and Hart Crane or directors like the Coen brothers and Stanley Kubrick present a powerful critique of American conquest, southern plantation culture, and western frontier ideology"--
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- LBSOR/DLC
- Dewey number
- 810.9/35873
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS169.H5
- LC item number
- L87 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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