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The life and undeath of autonomy in American literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Geoff, 1972-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2014]
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Self in literature.
Autonomy in literature.
Persona (Literature)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The birth and growth of autonomy in ancient Greece
  • Eunomia's rebirth in America
  • The mythic frontiersman
  • The deified self
  • Isolates and outlaws
  • Self-pasture's bloody meridian
  • Hyper-autonomy
  • Epilogue: Autonomy's post-human denouement.