Through other continents american literature across deep time pdf

American literature across deep time princeton 1997 made the case for looking at american literature in a much broader, transnational sense, and referenced the grateful deads lyrics and performances as work that called for and modeled such treatment. Through other continents american literature across deep time by wai chee dimock. Through other continents is a strong voice from the academy, post911, to urge that americas engagement with world religions, histories, and cultures not only should be, but has always been. Pdf a nursesguide to the critical reading of research. American literature across deep time princeton up, 2006 residues of justice. Bruce robbins, the worlding of the american novel, in. This is the argument ofthrough other continents, wai chee dimocks sustained effort to read american literature as a subset of world literature. Pdf the extraterritoriality of the literature for our planet. Literature, law, philosophy u of california p, 1997 rethinking class columbia up, 1994. This is the argument of through other continents, wai chee dimock s sustained effort to read american literature as a subset of world literature. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Oct 20, 2008 what we call american literature is quite often a shorthand, a simplified name for an extended tangle of relations.

Yale professor wai chee dimocks through other continents. This is the argument of through other continents, wai chee dimocks sustained. For almost a century and a half, america was merely a group of colonies scattered along the eastern seaboard of the north american continentcolonies from which a few hardy souls tentatively ventured westward. Inspired by an unorthodox archiveranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and tiepolo, and the music of the grateful deaddimock constructs a long. Download through other continents american literature across. For stimulating work done in this direction, see stephen burt, o secret stars stay secret. Mcgurl states that the perspective of deep time holds the promise, for dimock, of. Medieval texts, amateur readers, and the queerness of time durham, nc. Dimock, wai chee through other continents american literature across deep time.

American literature in the world columbia university press. Mark mcgurl begins his article the posthuman comedy with an analysis of a work by wai chee dimock entitled through other continents. Rethinking the shape of literature against the history and habitat of the human species, against the deep time of the planet earth, as described by two scientific disciplines, geology and astronomy. Rock and roll in contemporary poetry, this is pop, ed. Like apter in the translation zone, dimock in through other continents starts out. Wai chee dimock is william lampson professor of english and american studies at yale university.

Ramon saldivar, historical fantasy, speculative realism, and postrace aesthetics in contemporary. American literature across deep time, received honorable mention for both the james russell. Space, place, time and nation in durs grunbeins grauzone. His books include huckleberry finn asidol and target. Through other continents makes good on dimocks proposal for a more imaginative and more capacious reading of not only american literature, but literature in general. Rachel greenwald smiths affect and american literature in the age of neoliberalism examines the relationship between american literature and politics in the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries. Shades of the planet by wai chee dimock overdrive rakuten. American literature across deep time, she posits that key moments of cultural upheaval the civil war and race riots, for instance find expression in literary uncertainty about time, defined as tempoerality. What we call american literature is quite often a shorthand, a simplified name for an extended tangle of relations. Contributors jonathan arac is harriman professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university and serves as a member ofthe boundary 2 editorial collective.

Literature and cultural theory preliminary exam texts. American literature across deep time 2006, received honorable mention for the james russell lowell prize of the modern language association and the harry levin prize of the american comparative literature. African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical studies classical studies education. Inspired by an unorthodox archive ranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and tiepolo, and the music of the grateful dead dimock constructs a long history of the world, a history she calls deep time.

What we call american literature is quite often a shorthand. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the. The cambridge history of the american novel 2011 8. American literature across deep time in kronoscope. American literature across deep time, that she authored in 2006. Through other continents by wai chee dimock overdrive. Through other continents american literature across. American literature across deep time mezey, jason 20080101 00. American literature across deep time as a way to think through the concept of deep time and its appearance in fiction. Understanding humanity as a species with a sedimented imprint wai chee dimock, through other continents. Transformations of description in the eighteenth century university of chicago press, 2006 continued on next page in this issue 1 phyllis franklin award for public advocacy of the humanities. May 19, 2017 building upon prior studies of temporality such as wai chee dimocks through other continents. The functions ofcriticism in our time 997 and the emergence of american literary narrative, 18201860 2005. American literature across deep time by wai chee dimock through other continents.

Inspired by an unorthodox archiveranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and tiepolo, and the music of the grateful deaddimock constructs a long history of the world, a history she calls deep time. Temporality oxford research encyclopedia of literature. This is the argument of through other continents, wai chee dimocks sustained effort to read american literature as a subset of world literature. Time, tense, and american literature by cindy weinstein. Indigenous absence in transatlantic literatures adam lifshey fordham university press, 2010. The representation of reality in western literature mikhail bakhtin, the dialogic imagination roland barthes, the pleasure of the text harold bloom, the anxiety of influence jacque derrida, of grammatology waichee dimock, through other continents. An anthology from anne bradstreet to octavia butler columbia up, 2017 shades of the planet princeton up, 2007 through other continents. American literature as world literature, wai chee dimock frames the relationship between america and planet via the language of set and subset 3, insisting, much as in her through other continents. Conference overview grateful dead conference san jose.

Mcgurl states that the perspective of deep time holds the promise, for dimock, of reinvigorating our very sense of the connectedness among human beings which. American literature across deep time wai chee dimock princeton university press and meader library general collection ps157. Victorian intellectuals and transatlantic liberal reform. I have tried to experiment with this immensity as well as this minuteness in my forthcoming book, through other continents. American literature across deep time, the destabilizing scale shift of deep time offers an enlarged critical perspective through which the longitudes and latitudes of the planet and the full length of its recorded history become a way to resituate national literatures within the temporal and. American literature across deep time through other continents. As before, my starting point is a farflung literary culture, spanning many centuries, threaded through.

Waichee dimock beginning with thoreau as a tangled part of a global civil society, and emerson as a tangled part of two world religions christianity and islam this text explores the loops of deep time that. Deep time, understood as temporal length added to the spatial width of the planet, gives us a set of coordinates at once extended and embedded, as finegrained as it is longlasting, operating both above and below the plane of the nation. Through other continents american literature across deep time. What we call american literature is quite often a shorthand, a. At once a set of wideranging illustrations and a map for the. Pdf through other continents download full pdf book. This is the argument of through other continents, wai chee dimocks sustained effort to read american literature as a subset of world literature inspired by an unorthodox archiveranging from epic traditions in akkadian and sanskrit to folk art, paintings by veronese and. American literature across deep time princeton up, 2006. Through other continents american literature across deep time wai chee dimock in through other continents, wai chee dimock has created a provocative and altogether compelling vision of american literature as a global phenomenon. Wai chee dimock, william lampson professor of english and american studies at yale. American literature across deep time 8580000740967. Through other continents princeton university press. American literature across deep time prince ton university press, 2006, and cynthia wall, the prose of things. Like other national literatures, american literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it.