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Cartographies of empire : the road novel and American hegemony /

"The road novel is often dismissed as a mundane, nostalgic genre: Jack, Sal, and other tedious white men on the road trying to recapture an authentic youth and American past that never existed. Yet, new road novels appear every year, tackling unexpected questions and spanning new geographies, f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tucker-Abramson, Myka (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2025]
Series:	Post 45.
Subjects:	National characteristics, American, in literature. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

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