Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 918431
F.O. Matthiessen, C.L.R. James and a Sense of the Past of American Studies
F.O. Matthiessen, C.L.R. James and a Sense of the Past of American Studies // The Errant Labor of the Humanities: Festschrift Presented to Stipe Grgas / Cvek, Sven ; Knežević, Borislav ; Šesnić Jelena (ur.).
Zagreb: FF Press, 2017. str. 215-233
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Naslov
F.O. Matthiessen, C.L.R. James and a Sense of the Past of American Studies
Autori
Šesnić, Jelena
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni
Knjiga
The Errant Labor of the Humanities: Festschrift Presented to Stipe Grgas
Urednik/ci
Cvek, Sven ; Knežević, Borislav ; Šesnić Jelena
Izdavač
FF Press
Grad
Zagreb
Godina
2017
Raspon stranica
215-233
ISBN
978-953-175-596-2
Ključne riječi
American Studies, the Cold War, F.O. Matthiessen, C.L.R. James, From the Heart of Europe ; Mariners, Renegades and Castaways
Sažetak
The articles looks at the origins of the discipline of American Studies focusing on the early Cold War period. An exemplary, if understudied, text in that respect is taken to be F.O. Matthiessen's travelogue and memoirs, _From the Heart of Europe_ (1948), recounting the author's engagements as an American scholar in war-torn Europe and his efforts at establishing a program of American Studies in a politically divisive situation. The other text reflecting the early Cold War politics in the ambit of transnationalism is C.L.R. James's idiosyncratic study of Herman Melville's _Moby-Dick_, entitled _Mariners, Renegades and Castaways_ (1953). While offering a highly topical reading of Melville's novel, James also lays a stage for the discussion of the fate of America and the world in the new political constellation. Both approaches were marginalized in the discipline but have recently been rediscovered.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Književnost
POVEZANOST RADA
