American obscurantism : history and the visual in U.S. literature and film

The Resource 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

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

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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