The life and undeath of autonomy in American literature / Geoff Hamilton.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Geoff, 1972- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville, [Virginia] : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Self in literature.
Autonomy in literature.
Persona (Literature)
American literature.
Autonomy.
Literature.
Self.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:152 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.