A road course in early American literature : travel and teaching from Atzlán to Amherst /
"Essays that fuse literary scholarship and personal travelogue to explore American identity"--
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
The University of Alabama Press,
2021
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Essays that fuse literary scholarship and personal travelogue to explore American identity"-- "A Road Course in Early American Literature: Travel and Teaching from Atzlán to Amherst explores a two-part question: what does travel teach us about literature, and how can reading guide us to a deeper understanding of place and identity? Thomas Hallock charts a teacher's journey to answering these questions, framing personal experiences around the continued need for a survey course covering early American literature up to the mid-nineteenth century. Hallock approaches literary study from the overlapping perspectives of pedagogue, scholar, unrepentant tourist, husband, father, friend, and son. Building on Ralph Waldo Emerson's premise that there is "creative reading as well as creative writing," Hallock turns to the vibrant and accessible tradition of American travel writing, employing the form of biblio-memoir to bridge the impasse between public and academic discourse and reintroduce the dynamic field of early American literature to wider audiences. -- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780817393403 0817393404 |
