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- catalog abstract ""Prophets of Recognition considers four well-known post-World War II American novels - Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Saul Bellow's Seize the Day, and Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter - from an innovative perspective. According to Julia Eichelberger, though these novels represent diverse writers and experiences, they reflect a similar conception of the individual's relationship to modern American society." "In each novel, individuals seek a place within a public world, demonstrating what Eichelberger terms "suspicious humanism," a philosophy that acknowledges the power of a person to resist dehumanizing cultural beliefs and to recognize his own innate human value. This ideal form of democracy Eichelberger calls "recognition," and she maintains that each novel champions it at least implicitly by employing actions and social structures that accord the characters an inherent value rather than requiring them to attain relative value within the social hierarchy." "Eichelberger's application of critical theory to interpretative analysis illumines the novels under discussion and shows as well the relevance of individual/societal tension to other American fiction of the period. By identifying a shared vision of democracy, ideology, and the individual in works that cross lines of race, ethnicity, gender, and region, she helps identify what is American about American literature."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11535056.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Prophets of Recognition considers four well-known post-World War II American novels - Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Saul Bellow's Seize the Day, and Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter - from an innovative perspective. According to Julia Eichelberger, though these novels represent diverse writers and experiences, they reflect a similar conception of the individual's relationship to modern American society." "In each novel, individuals seek a place within a public world, demonstrating what Eichelberger terms "suspicious humanism," a philosophy that acknowledges the power of a person to resist dehumanizing cultural beliefs and to recognize his own innate human value. This ideal form of democracy Eichelberger calls "recognition," and she maintains that each novel champions it at least implicitly by employing actions and social structures that accord the characters an inherent value rather than requiring them to attain relative value within the social hierarchy." "Eichelberger's application of critical theory to interpretative analysis illumines the novels under discussion and shows as well the relevance of individual/societal tension to other American fiction of the period. By identifying a shared vision of democracy, ideology, and the individual in works that cross lines of race, ethnicity, gender, and region, she helps identify what is American about American literature."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "America and its discontents -- Up from ideology: The "infinite possibilities" of Invisible man -- "Somebody with hands who does not want me to die": ideology and recognition in The bluest eye -- Renouncing "the world's business" in Seize the day -- From stasis to praxis in The optimist's daughter.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-187) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 192 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0807123587 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807125288 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Southern literary studies".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.5409353 21".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Bellow, Saul. Seize the day.".
- catalog subject "Bellow, Saul. Sieze the day.".
- catalog subject "Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man.".
- catalog subject "Morrison, Toni. Bluest eye.".
- catalog subject "PS374.S714 E35 1999".
- catalog subject "Social psychology and literature United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Social psychology in literature.".
- catalog subject "Welty, Eudora, 1909- Optimist's daughter.".
- catalog subject "Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Optimist's daughter.".
- catalog tableOfContents "America and its discontents -- Up from ideology: The "infinite possibilities" of Invisible man -- "Somebody with hands who does not want me to die": ideology and recognition in The bluest eye -- Renouncing "the world's business" in Seize the day -- From stasis to praxis in The optimist's daughter.".
- catalog title "Prophets of recognition : ideology and the individual in novels by Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, and Eudora Welty / Julia Eichelberger.".
- catalog type "text".