num_pages: 250
description: Examines the early history and contents of theorizing about American literature and classifies the major modern attempts to define an American literary tradition into three Puritan origins theories, cultural theories, and self-reflexive theories. Reising suggests the continuities within each "school" and among the various approaches, while also posing challenges to these major perspectives on American Literature, and offers some new directions for future theorists of American literature.
language: English
title: Figures of Division: William Faulkner's Major Novels
titlecomplete: Figures of Division: William Faulkner's Major Novels
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul