Pedagogy Apr 2008

National Narratives and the Politics of Inclusion: Historicizing American Literature Anthologies

Joe Lockard ; Jillian Sandell

Abstract

This essay discusses the history of American literature anthologies from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century; examines their racial and gender inclusions and exclusions; and argues that literary anthologies have played an important role in the production of the American, and more recently multicultural, national narrative.

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Pedagogy
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2008-04-01
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10.1215/15314200-2007-039
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