The institutional origins of American literary history

被引：0

作者：

Boyden, Michael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Literary Studies, Blijde Inkomststr 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

来源：

COMPARATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES | 2005年 / 3卷 / 02期

关键词：

American literary history; institutionalization; interventionist literary history; Jonathan Edwards; literary genealogies; literary classifications; (post-) national American Studies; Puritan studies; Transcendentalism;

D O I：

10.1177/1477570005052524

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This article deals with the importance of institutions in the construction of literary classifications. Following Mary Douglas, the article offers a double-stranded perspective on institutions that stresses both their social and cognitive anchorage. This is applied to one particular case, namely the genealogy connecting Emerson (and the Transcendentalists) to Jonathan Edwards. The article shows how Perry Miller's 'discovery' of that lineage in 1940 has an institutional history that goes as far back as the early beginnings of American literature as an academic discipline. Part of the function of the discipline, the article argues, is to hide this history in order to bring out the continuing relevance of such taxonomies. The concluding paragraph identifies some implications of this view on institutionalization for current discussions about the (post-) nationality of American literature.

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页码：173 / 188

页数：16

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