Schweighauser, Philipp. (2013) Early American Studies Now: A Response to the Respondents. Amerikastudien, 58 (3). pp. 500-505.
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Abstract
This essay responds to reponses to the author's polemic about the state of Early American Studies. The polemic stages a critique of (often presentist) political readings of early American novels dominant in Early American Studies (and American Studies more generally), proposing a return to aesthetic questions informed by systems theory, Funktionsgeschichte (the history of the changing functions of fiction) and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's original definition of aesthetics as "the science of sensuous cognition."
| Faculties and Departments: | 04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Amerikanistik (Schweighauser) |
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| UniBasel Contributors: | Schweighauser, Philipp |
| Item Type: | Article, refereed |
| Article Subtype: | Research Article |
| Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Winter |
| ISSN: | 0340-2827 |
| Note: | Rejoinder to White, Ed. "A Response to Philipp Schweighauser." Amerikastudien/American Studies. 2013; 58(3): 488-492; Shapiro, Stephen. "Politics and Emotion in Early American Studies." Amerikastudien/American Studies. 2013; 58(3): 493-496; Faherty, Duncan. "Rethinking the Future of Early U.S. Literary Studies: A Response to Philipp Schweighauser." Amerikastudien/American Studies. 2013; 58(3): 497-499. -- Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2016 10:32 |
| Deposited On: | 07 Aug 2015 12:05 |
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