ISBN10: 3593398729, ISBN13: 9783593398723, [publisher: Campus Verlag, Frankfurt] Softcover Paperback. The Fiction of America juxtaposes classic literature of the American Renaissance with twentieth-century popular culturepairing, for instance, Ralph Waldo Emerson with Finding Nemo, Walt Whitman with Spiderman, and Hester Prynne with Madonnato investigate how the Americanness of American culture constitutes itself in the interplay of the cultural imaginary and performance. Conceptualizing America as a transhistorical practice, Susanne Hamscha reveals disruptive, spectral moments in the narrative of America, which confront American culture with its inherent inconsistencies. Juxtaposes classic literature of the American Renaissance with twentieth-century culture-pairing, for instance, Ralph Waldo Emerson with Finding Nemo, Walt Whitman with Spider-man, and Hester Prynne with Madonna - to investigate how the "Americanness" of American culture constitutes itself in the interplay of cultural imaginary and performance. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2013]