TY  - GEN
T1  - Ethnicity and cultural authority : from Arnold to Du Bois
T2  - Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures.
A1  - Williams, Daniel G.
LA  - English
PP  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
YR  - 2006
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm81873457
AB  - Writing in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois suggested that the goal for the African-American was 'to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture'. He was evoking 'culture' as a solution to the divisions within society, thereby adopting, in a very different context, an idea that had been influentially expressed by Matthew Arnold in the 1860s. Du Bois questioned the assumed universality of this concept by asking who, ultimately, is allowed into the 'kingdom of culture'? How does one come to speak from a position of cultural authority? This book adopts a transatlantic approach to explore these questions. It centres on four Victorian 'men of letters' - Matthew Arnold, William Dean Howells, W.B. Yeats and W.E.B. Du Bois - who drew on notions of ethnicity as a basis from which to assert their cultural authority. In comparative close readings of these figures Daniel Williams addresses several key areas of contemporary literary and cultural debate. The book questions the notion of 'the West' as it appears and re-appears in the formulations of postcolonial theory, challenges the widespread tendency to divide nationalism into 'civic' and 'ethnic' forms, and forces its readers to reconsider what they mean when they talk about 'culture', 'identity' and 'national literature'. Key Features Offers a substantial, innovative intervention in transatlantic debates over race and ethnicity Uses 4 intriguing authors to explore issues of national identity, racial purity and the use of literature as a marker of 'cultural capital' A unique focus on Celtic identity in a transatlantic context Sets up a dialogue between writers who believe in national identity and those who believe in cultural distinctiveness
OP  - 262
CN  - GN495.6 .W55 2006eb
SN  - 9780748626274
SN  - 0748626271
SN  - 9780748651993
SN  - 0748651993
SN  - 9780748622054
SN  - 0748622055
KW  - Arnold, Matthew, : 1822-1888 : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Du Bois, W. E. B. : (William Edward Burghardt), : 1868-1963 : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Howells, William Dean, : 1837-1920 : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Yeats, W. B. : (William Butler), : 1865-1939 : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Arnold, Matthew, : 1822-1888
KW  - Du Bois, W. E. B. : (William Edward Burghardt), : 1868-1963
KW  - Howells, William Dean, : 1837-1920
KW  - Yeats, W. B. : (William Butler), : 1865-1939
KW  - Arnold, Matthew, : 1822-1888 : analys och tolkning.
KW  - Du Bois, W. E. B. : (William Edward Burghardt), : 1868-1963 : analys och tolkning.
KW  - Howells, William Dean, : 1837-1920 : analys och tolkning.
KW  - Yeats, W. B. : (William Butler), : 1865-1939 : analys och tolkning.
KW  - Ethnicity in literature.
KW  - Nationalism in literature.
KW  - Ethnicité dans la littérature.
KW  - Nationalisme dans la littérature.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Discrimination & Race Relations.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Minority Studies.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General.
KW  - Ethnicity in literature
KW  - Nationalism in literature
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -