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Earthquake and the invention of America : the making of elsewhere catastrophe /

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"Earthquake and the Invention of America: The Making of Elsewhere Catastrophe explores the role of earthquakes in shaping the deep timeframes and multi-hemispheric geographies of American literary history. Spanning the ancient world to the futuristic continents of speculative fiction, the earth...

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Main Author: Brickhouse, Anna (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Oxford studies in American literary history.
Subjects:
Earthquakes in literature.
American literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Literature and the war.
Littérature américaine > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Tremblements de terre dans la littérature.
Modern.
HISTORY.
Americas (North.
Renaissance.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Earthquake and Undeception
  • Elsewhere Catastrophe
  • Predatory Optimism
  • Pachacuti: Theory from the Torrid Zone
  • The Fragile Ground of New England, 1638-1755
  • The Settler Colonial Sublime
  • Earthquake Amnesia
  • The Undeceiving Earth
  • The Seismic Civil War
  • Epilogue.