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The Transatlantic Genealogy of American Anglo-Saxonism (Routledge Studies in Cultural History) - Softcover

Book 85 of 147: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

Modarelli, Michael

 
9780367585563: The Transatlantic Genealogy of American Anglo-Saxonism (Routledge Studies in Cultural History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367585561 ISBN 13: 9780367585563
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book traces the myth of Anglo-Saxonism as it crosses from Britain to the New World as both a cultural construct and ideological nation-building tool. Through extensive investigations of both early American and English cultural attitudes toward Anglo-Saxonism and similar texts, the book advances the claim that the ways in which Anglo-Saxon authors envisioned history as unfolding becomes an important ideological model for later New World conceptions of historical and national identity. From this beginning, the book follows the influence of this adopted American Anglo-Saxonism in early American literature and the socio-cultural implications that follow upon this influence.

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About the Author

Michael Modarelli is Associate Professor in the Division of Literature, Language, and Communication and Director of the First Year Institute at Walsh University in North Canton, OH.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367585561
ISBN 13 
9780367585563
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
222