Decadence and disquiet: recent American fiction and the coming fin de siecle

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Twentieth-century American literature reflects millennial anxieties and generates a disquieting response to the process of capitalism. While this literature projects fin de siecle concerns, it is distinguishable from blank fiction and the fiction of the late 19th century. Blank fiction is a product of the 1980s that represents extreme and uneasy experiences, while late 19th century works use a decadent style to display an elaborate richness of content. However, the fin de siecle style of both the 20th and late 19th century works projects hostility to the material world.

Analysis, Influence, American fiction, Characters and characteristics in literature, Literary characters, Millennialism

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Folk poetry and the American avant-garde: Placing Lorine Niedecker

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For Objectivist poet Lorine Niedecker, the effect of placing speech in a poem or placing a poem in a collection of poems by other poets, represented acts alien to her everyday world. Lorine Niedecker corresponded with the Objectivist poet Louis Zukofsky, forming the basis of her links with an avant-garde network of poets. She used sound in her poetry with great precision on the themes of rural culture and landscape, later writing about historical figures.

Portrayals, Works, Poets, Objectivism (Philosophy), Niedecker, Lorine

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American exceptionalism reconsidered: Anglo-Saxon Ethnogenesis in the 'Universal' nation, 1776-1850

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The history of nativism in the US has been the focus of much scholarly attention. However attempts to explain it have failed to address the important cultural dimension of nativism, which should be examined in the context of historical sociology. American nativism is difficult to understand without referring to an 'American' national ethnic group. The period prior to 1850 when American nativism was in its infancy is considered.

Research, Nativism

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