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050 00 $aPS374.S714$bE35 1999
082 00 $a813/.5409353$221
100 1 $aEichelberger, Julia,$d1959-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99020242
245 10 $aProphets of recognition :$bideology and the individual in novels by Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, and Eudora Welty /$cJulia Eichelberger.
260 $aBaton Rouge :$bLouisiana State University Press,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $axii, 192 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSouthern literary studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-187) and index.
505 00 $gch. 1.$tAMERICA and Its Discontents --$gch. 2.$tUp from Ideology: The "Infinite Possibilities" of Invisible Man --$gch. 3.$t"Somebody with Hands Who Does Not Want Me to Die": Ideology and Recognition in The Bluest Eye --$gch. 4.$tRenouncing "The World's Business" in Seize the Day --$gch. 5.$tFrom Stasis to Praxis in The Optimist's Daughter --$tConclusion: Prophets of Recognition.
520 1 $a"Prophets of Recognition considers four well-known post-World War II American novels - Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Saul Bellow's Seize the Day, and Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter - from an innovative perspective. According to Julia Eichelberger, though these novels represent diverse writers and experiences, they reflect a similar conception of the individual's relationship to modern American society."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"In each novel, individuals seek a place within a public world, demonstrating what Eichelberger terms "suspicious humanism," a philosophy that acknowledges the power of a person to resist dehumanizing cultural beliefs and to recognize his own innate human value.
520 8 $aThis ideal form of democracy Eichelberger calls "recognition," and she maintains that each novel champions it at least implicitly by employing actions and social structures that accord the characters an inherent value rather than requiring them to attain relative value within the social hierarchy."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"Eichelberger's application of critical theory to interpretative analysis illumines the novels under discussion and shows as well the relevance of individual/societal tension to other American fiction of the period. By identifying a shared vision of democracy, ideology, and the individual in works that cross lines of race, ethnicity, gender, and region, she helps identify what is American about American literature."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100687
650 0 $aSocial psychology and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSocial psychology in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008637
600 10 $aWelty, Eudora,$d1909-2001.$tOptimist's daughter.
600 10 $aEllison, Ralph.$tInvisible man.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006009070
600 10 $aBellow, Saul.$tSeize the day.
600 10 $aMorrison, Toni.$tBluest eye.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019172236
830 0 $aSouthern literary studies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42022954
852 00 $bglx$hPS374.S714$iE35 1999