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- catalog abstract "In the early years of the republic, many nationalist writers associated the revolutionary founding of the United States with acts of voice; they believed that the new nation had been spoken into being. Washington Irving, for instance, in his Salmagundi, refers to the American nation as a "logocracy or government of words." In this detailed examination of crucial texts of eighteenth-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material from political and legal writings informs and animates theoretical works by Derrida, Lacan, and others as Looby unravels the texts of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hugh Henry Brackenridge and ties them to nation-building, public discourse, and individual self-creation. Correcting the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture in eighteenth-century America, Voicing America uncovers the complex undertaking of early American writers articulating their new nation and reveals a body of literature and a political discourse thoroughly concerned with the power of language and, especially, vocal expression. Voicing America should find an appreciative audience, not only among those interested in the study of language in America, but also among early Americanists in general, literary critics and historians, and political scientists and philosophers interested in theories of nationalism.".
- catalog contributor b9055812.
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 1783-1865.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Logocracy in America -- 2. "The Affairs of the Revolution Occasion'd the Interruption": Self, Language, and Nation in Franklin's Autobiography -- 3. "The Very Act of Utterance": Law, Language, and Legitimation in Brown's Wieland -- 4. "Tongues of People Altercating With One Another": Language, Text and Society in Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry -- 5. Coda: The Voice of Patrick Henry.".
- catalog description "In the early years of the republic, many nationalist writers associated the revolutionary founding of the United States with acts of voice; they believed that the new nation had been spoken into being. Washington Irving, for instance, in his Salmagundi, refers to the American nation as a "logocracy or government of words."".
- catalog description "In this detailed examination of crucial texts of eighteenth-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material from political and legal writings informs and animates theoretical works by Derrida, Lacan, and others as Looby unravels the texts of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hugh Henry Brackenridge and ties them to nation-building, public discourse, and individual self-creation. Correcting the strong emphasis on the importance of print culture in eighteenth-century America, Voicing America uncovers the complex undertaking of early American writers articulating their new nation and reveals a body of literature and a political discourse thoroughly concerned with the power of language and, especially, vocal expression.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Voicing America should find an appreciative audience, not only among those interested in the study of language in America, but also among early Americanists in general, literary critics and historians, and political scientists and philosophers interested in theories of nationalism.".
- catalog extent "xi, 287 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0226492826 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 1783-1865.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "810.9/001 20".
- catalog subject "American literature 1783-1850 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Americanisms.".
- catalog subject "English language United States.".
- catalog subject "Literary form.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American, in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS193 .L66 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Logocracy in America -- 2. "The Affairs of the Revolution Occasion'd the Interruption": Self, Language, and Nation in Franklin's Autobiography -- 3. "The Very Act of Utterance": Law, Language, and Legitimation in Brown's Wieland -- 4. "Tongues of People Altercating With One Another": Language, Text and Society in Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry -- 5. Coda: The Voice of Patrick Henry.".
- catalog title "Voicing America : language, literary form, and the origins of the United States / Christopher Looby.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".