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Ruthless Democracy: A Multicultural Interpretation of the American Renaissance

Author Timothy B. Powell
Publisher Princeton University Press
Category Literary Criticism
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Author(s)Timothy B. Powell
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN / ASIN0691007306
ISBN-139780691007304
CategoryLiterary Criticism
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Ruthless Democracy Reimagines the origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. This book identifies an unresolvable conflict between America's multicultural history and its violent will to monoculturalism. Full description

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